arable land
Meaning
Arable land is land suitable for growing crops. It has good soil, water, and climate for plowing and planting, unlike pasture, forest, or desert.
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We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.
1840 to today After the Haarlemmermeer was drained in 1855 and turned into arable land, it was made part of North Holland.
A 2012 estimate of land use determined that the Cayman Islands' had 0.83 percent arable land and 2.08 percent permanent crops.
Added to these are lack of land ownership and access to arable land, drought, inadequate water resources, land degradation and soil erosion.
Agrarian societies later made arable land property, as it was scarce.
Although arable land accounts for only 1% of Namibia, nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.