粮食欠收 meaning in Chinese

a crop failure

Indeed the distinction between town and country was blurred in china , for suburban areas of intensive farming lay just outside and sometimes even within the city walls , and artisans might work on farms in peak periods , or farmers work temporarily in towns during times of dearth
在中国，城镇乡之间的分界是十分模糊的，密集农耕的郊区地可能就在城墙之外，有时甚至在城墙以内，而工匠有可能在农忙季节参与农耕，在粮食欠收时，农夫也会到集镇里打零工。