Gave way to the most productive varieties and the easiest to transport. 被更高产的变种且方便运输的产物取代

355. Fertilizers produced unprecedented results...
     化肥使那些从前被无视的闲散土地上
356. On plots of land thus far ignored.
     出现了空前的产出
357. Crops adapted to soils and climates...
     顺应土质和气候的庄稼
358. Gave way to the most productive varieties and the easiest to transport.
     被更高产的变种且方便运输的产物取代
359. And so, in the last century,
     因此 在上个世纪
360. Three-quarters of the varieties
     农民花费上千年培育出来的
361. Developed by farmers over thousands of years...
     四分之三的品种

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