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Arable land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arable (pronounced /ˈærəbl/ ) relates to the growing of crops: •Arable farming or agronomy, the cultivation of field crops •Arable land, land upon which crops are cultivated. It is land suitabl...
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Nearly 400 million acres of arable land now are in cultivation in the U.S. to produce our food. Included are about 215 million acres planted to grains. Of this, 68 million acres are used for food products and 68 million acres for livestock feed.
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About 2 billion hectares of soil, equivalent to 15 per cent of the Earth's land area (an area larger than the United States and Mexico combined), have been degraded through human activities.1; "Over the past 40 years, approximately 30% of the world's cropland has become unproductive."2; ... Arable Land and Population;
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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT* ON IRRIGATION & AREABLE LAND. ... POPULATION PER UNIT ARABLE LAND.
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About 12.3 million hectares, or more than 10 percent of China's arable land, is contaminated by pollution and the situation is getting worse. ... Arable land pollution, together with declining farm areas, posed a severe threat to the nation's food production, the Xinhua News Agency quoted an official from the ministry as...
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