Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
operarán de manera reducida
English translation:
will operate at reduced capacity
Spanish term
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operarán de manera reducida
El texto a continuación trata sobre métodos de adaptación en lo que respecta a cultivos tradicionales y no tradicionales:
Los pequeños agricultores tienen diferentes alternativas para provisión de semilla: disponen de reserva de su propia fuente para la reproducción de su principal medio de vida, también obtienen semillas mediante intercambio o trueque con sus redes y pueden obtener semillas mejoradas o híbridas en los mercados locales o agro-servicios.
Las tres fuentes de suministro de semillas ***operarán de manera reducida** con la propagación del coronavirus, debido al distanciamiento físico, el acceso de los agricultores a las semillas y la capacidad de intercambiar, permutar o comprar, se reducirá.
"work on a limited basis"
| 3 +8 | will operate at reduced capacity |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 4 | reduced workload / reduced working hours |
Amanda Pinho
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| 2 +1 | will be scaling down operations |
Adrian MM.
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Jul 27, 2020 21:31: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): AllegroTrans, Yvonne Gallagher, Michele Fauble
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Proposed translations
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
will operate at reduced capacity
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Michael Grabczan-Grabowski
: Exactly what I had in mind. It fits the context.
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Thanks, Michael.
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Gabriel Ferrero
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Thanks, Gabriel.
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Robert Carter
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Thanks, Robert.
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Marcelo González
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Gracias, Marcelo.
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Luigi Benetton
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Thanks, Luigi.
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Maria Aragon
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Gracias, Maria.
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David Hollywood
: and a good 1 Barbara
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Many thnaks, David.
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Joshua Parker
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Thank you, Joshua.
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Brazil
Translation and Digital Marketing
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
reduced workload / reduced working hours
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Note added at 15 mins (2020-07-02 22:33:23 GMT)
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"Decreased workload" is also used: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-opinion-focus-covid-c...
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
will be scaling down operations
That apart, the tense is future continuous: wil be... ing
Containment operations to be scaled down if no secondary Covid-19 case for 4 weeks: Govt
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Amanda Foy
: Natural turn of phrase - though I am curious about the difference between scaling down and scaling back. Would you use the latter differently, or is it perhaps a regionalism?
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Thanks. I would certainly concur with you in scaling back for US consumption, though I had in fact considered 'cutting back on ops'. The dichotomy for me has been hinted at by the asker's on a 'limited' basis = low vs. reduced, a subtle linguistic nuance.
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Discussion
I will take your suggestion into account.
Also, your translation isn't wrong (except function should be in the future tense and not the present tense), but I'd personally translate the whole sentence like this:
"Due to the spread of the coronavirus and physical distancing, the three seed supply channels will operate at reduced capacity. Moreover, farmers' access to seeds and their ability to exchange, barter or buy will be reduced."