6 sentences with 'yields'
Example sentences and phrases with the word yields and other words derived from it.
• « Likewise, the abundance of the Nile was carefully managed to produce the highest yields in history, so great that even after numerous taxes were levied, Egyptian wheat was still the cheapest available everywhere from Spain to Mesopotamia (the same was true of papyrus, a royal monopoly used throughout the Hellenistic world). »
• « Lower climatic temperatures meant lower crop yields, more common crop failures and more frequent famines. »
• « The Little Ice Age of the early modern period also ended in the 18th century, increasing crop yields. »
• « With hydroponics, crops can be doubled, yields can be increased, space can be reduced and diseases can be avoided. »
• « The Maya devised a written mathematical system to record crop yields and population size, and to aid in trade. »