Definitions

1. Arable land is exempt from local taxes. (Web site)
2. Arable land is suitable for growing crop plants. (Web site)
3. In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is a form of agricultural land use, meaning land that can be (and is) used for growing crops.

Langeland

1. The constantly changing scenery of Langeland includes coppices, arable land, meadow and marshes.

Rangeland

1. Cultivation of crops on arable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the foundation of agriculture.

Frozen Lands

1. Climate change is likely to increase the amount of arable land near the poles by reduction of the amount of frozen lands.

Growing Rice

1. A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops.

Dedicated

1. Almost the entire arable land on Tureia is dedicated to growing coconuts. (Web site)

Island

1. What little arable land exists on the island is devoted largely to subsistence farming. (Web site)

Long

1. Yunnan has a mild climate with balmy and fair weather, but although the growing period is long, there is little arable land. (Web site)

Tibet

1. Until 1959, when the Dalai Lama last presided over Tibet, most of the arable land was still organized into manorial estates worked by serfs. (Web site)
2. Tibet is a remote, impoverished mountain region with little arable land. (Web site)

Kerala

1. It was the Adivasi land struggle in 2001 that revealed to us that this notion was false and that there is arable land in Kerala that may be redistributed.

Iceland

1. By 930AD, over 20,000 Norwegians had gone to Iceland, till all arable land was occupied. (Web site)

Nation

1. Thailand has the highest percent of arable land, 27.25%, of any nation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Addition

1. In addition, the town was granted with 18.03 square kilometres of forest that was to be turned into arable land.

Conversion

1. Conversion of natural ecosystem s of all types into arable land. (Web site)

Region

1. Astride the King's Highway, the Edomites were one of several states in the region for whom trade was vital due to the scarcity of arable land. (Web site)
2. Irrigation coverage in this region is as low as 4% of the arable land.

North Holland

1. After the Haarlemmermeer was drained in 1855 and turned into arable land, it was made part of North Holland. (Web site)

Ukraine

1. It also has an important agricultural sector with 19,000 square kilometres of arable land (comprising 5.9% of the total arable lands of Ukraine). (Web site)

Starvation

1. Starvation and nomadism often exists on marginally arable land. (Web site)

Lake Ontario

1. The great majority of Ontario's population and its arable land is located in the south, mostly along the northern lakeshores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Woodland

1. The majority of Germany is covered by either arable land (33%) or forestry and woodland (31%). (Web site)

Acres

1. It contains the island of Annagh, in Lough Conn, comprising 45 acres of arable land and 2 acres of bog.

People

1. It was this struggle that taught the people of Kerala that arable land was indeed available for redistribution.

Ethiopian Government

1. The Ethiopian government provided assurances of arable land to each returnee family.

Cash Crops

1. The new Mvuu was built and it has made Liwonde a viable entity and has staved off threats to convert the park into arable land for cash crops.

Sugar Cane

1. After the system went into operation, arable land for growing rice increased by more than 74 percent and sugar cane by 30 percent.
2. Arable land for rice production increased by more than 74 percent and sugar cane, by 30 percent.

Forests

1. The Philippines contains about 19 percent arable land and 46 percent forests and woodlands. (Web site)

Earth

1. Most of the arable land on earth is around the largest rivers on earth.

Land Surface

1. Currently the total arable land is 13.31% of the land surface, with only 4.71% supporting permanent crops.

Country

1. Likewise, irrigated land as a percentage of arable land varies widely by country. (Web site)

Fertile Land

1. Much of Norfolk's flat and fertile land has been drained and converted to arable land. (Web site)

Farmers

1. About 90 per cent of the people were farmers who possessed only 20 per cent of the arable land.

Limited

1. Objective: to show that the amount of arable land on the earth is limited.

Diamonds

1. For the long run, Angola has the advantage of rich natural resources in addition to oil, notably gold, diamonds, and arable land. (Web site)

Egypt

1. By controlling the Nile's flow throughout the year, Egypt was able to increase its arable land, allowing the country to support a larger population.

Water

1. Barrydale's history dates back to the early 1700s when farmers moved into the area looking for fertile arable land with water. (Web site)

Food

1. In 1965, mothers in Japan concerned about the rise of imported food and the loss of arable land started the first CSA projects, called teikei in Japanese.
2. New arable land makes more food, and can prevent starvation, saving lives.

Deserts

1. The Nile Valley creates a clear line between the arable land, good for growing crops, and the deserts. (Web site)

Population

1. Zimbabwean whites, although making up less than 1% of the population, owned more than 70% of the arable land, comprising mainly the best.

Highest Percentage

1. Thailand has the highest percentage of arable land, 27.25%, of any nation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Northern Part

1. Northern part of the voivodeship, along the Malapanew river is densely forested, while the south is covered by arable land.

China

1. Kowloon however had little water or arable land so Great Britain joined the multitude of other nations now demanding more territory from China.
2. China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and economic development. (Web site)
3. As China loses more of its arable land to environmental damage, it too is worrying about food security. (Web site)

Qingdao

1. In terms of primary industry, Qingdao has an estimated 50,000 acres (200 km²) of arable land. (Web site)

Area

1. This represents 10 % of the total area and 27 per cent of the arable lands of the surveyed territory and 1.5 per cent of Morocco's total arable land. (Web site)
2. Even in the eighteenth century, when the growth of population had diminished the area of arable land, periodical redistribution remained unknown.
3. This area is the most ploughed in Ukraine - about 80%, which makes for 48% of all arable land in Ukraine. (Web site)

Pasture

1. In the baronies of Clanwilliam and Small County, the quantity of pasture far exceeds the arable land.

Pastures

1. With a dense urban environment, Macau has no arable land, pastures, forest, or woodland. (Web site)

Natural

1. The main natural resources of Thailand are tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, and arable land.

Natural Resources

1. Natural resources: bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land. (Web site)
2. The territory has little arable land and few natural resources, so it must import most of its food and raw materials. (Web site)

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4. Pastures
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