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Only half the arable land was still open fields in 1700.

The area of arable land made up only 50 ha.

Less than a quarter of the island's land is arable.

At present, 4 percent of the population owns half the arable land.

One of the few arable fields was immediately to our left.

"We were working on a project to make more arable land available.

Later, most of the arable land was sold to private developers.

But their farms make up less than 10 percent of the region's arable land.

Why would algae production need to use up arable land?

At the time, there was a lack of arable land in secure areas.

Because of its arable land, the town would develop as a farming community.

The main natural resource on this island is arable land.

There seems to be a lot of arable land left for them to expand onto.

But doing so just adds to the assault on arable land.

No arable land was taken up by even such essential facilities.

In 1922, it owned every piece of arable land on the island.

This created what is the only patch of arable land for many miles around.

Because of their fast growing population, finding more arable land was a concern.

Food prices have increased a lot, due to a lack of arable land.

Today the valley makes up 40 percent of Lebanon's arable land.

The arable land figure has shown a gradual increase since 1961.

One very real challenge is finding enough arable land for the refugees.

Another reason is the greenhouse effect which can affect arable land.

By 1985, all arable land outside of national parks was being cultivated.

There is naturally very little arable land in desert areas.