Only 4 of arable and permanent cropland is irrigated, compared to 39 in South Asia and 29 in East Asia.

of land is irrigated annually, on which 129,880 quintals of vegetables are cultivated.

The arable land in the village comprised gardens and olive trees.

Under land management, adaptation options included afforestation, reforestation of marginal lands and protection of arable land.

Israeli forces had destroyed 10 per cent of the arable land in Gaza.

Furthermore, less than 5 of agricultural land is irrigated, and improved crop varieties are rarely used.

Since only 2.9 of the country's land is arable, agriculture contributes to 0.5 of Bahrain's GDP.

Land use Only 2.2 percent of Yemen is considered to be arable land, and less than 0.6 percent of the land is planted with permanent crops.

Although arable land accounts for only 1 of Namibia, nearly half of the population is employed in agriculture.

A total of 2,637 dunums of village land were used for cereals, and 16 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

The Israeli forces had also destroyed thousands of hectares of arable land and hundreds of wells and agricultural warehouses.

Significant natural resources are iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land and water.

Moreover, a fully artificial system would not require arable land or potable water, nor would it force a choice between food and fuel production in land use.

Of the total land area of 2,934 km² (725,000 acres), about 24.4 is in permanent crops and another 21.2 is arable.

Food supply has not collapsed (1.5 billion hectares of arable land are being used, but another 2.7 billion hectares are in reserve).

Now one third of all arable land is used to grow crops to feed livestock, not to grow staple crops for people.

Some 80 of Sudan s oil is in the South, and the country s vast swaths of fertile, naturally irrigated land hold much promise for commercial agriculture.

With only about 5 percent of the land irrigated, Senegal continues to rely on rain fed agriculture, which occupies about 75 percent of the workforce.

Angola is a potentially rich agricultural country, with fertile soils, a favourable climate, and about 57.4 million ha of agricultural land, including more than 5.0 million ha of arable land.

Same idea series of semi independent city states, little blobs of metropolitan stuff with arable land around, joined to one another by railway.

This is not primarily a result of global warming, but a consequence of more people and less arable land in the developing world.

In terms of land use, 58 of Ukraine is considered arable land 2 is used for permanent crops, 13 for permanent pastures, 18 is forests and woodland, and 9 is other.

There is a great struggle for use of the most fertile land, from the viewpoint of its social economic potential (irrigated land, next to the markets, with access to diverse transports or social services, etc.).

Agricultural activity in Anguilla is limited due to a combination of factors, including poor soil, the small amount of arable land and irregular rainfall.

Moreover, producers of foodstuffs (such as Argentina and Uruguay), which suffered for decades, are now gaining from notable biogenetic innovations that increased arable land area.

Even though India has more arable land than China 160.5 million hectares compared to 137.1 million hectares Tibet is the source of most major Indian rivers.

Much of the population engages in subsistence farming, even though only 10.71 of the country's surface is classified as arable land and 0.13 has permanent crops.

We draw from stocks of non renewable natural resources (for example, oil and metal ores), and we deteriorate or modify the quality of other resources (for example, water and arable land) by imposing on them a rhythm of exploitation superior to their capacity for regeneration.

This year s snowmelt caused landslides and flooding a warning of more soil erosion and destruction of arable land to come hundreds died and thousands lost their livelihoods.

But rapid urbanization is driving up industrial fossil fuel consumption and household water consumption, and is increasing demand for food in areas where arable land is scarce.

Israel is also continuing to build the illegal separation wall, confiscating arable land from the future State of Palestine, separating families and impeding the freedom of movement.

In 1944 45 a total of 2,486 dunums of village land was used for citrus or bananas, 14,018 was planted with cereals while 226 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

As a result of the Presidential Decree of 1 December 1997, No. 874, on the allocation of 25,000 hectares of land for private plots for citizens, individuals have acquired the right to obtain land for a private plot of up to 0.15 hectare of irrigated land and up to 0.50 hectare of dry land.

Those who live on this planet in future centuries will live in a hotter world, with higher sea levels, less arable land, and more extreme hurricanes, droughts, and floods.

During the 2004 planting season, it was estimated that less than 30 per cent of arable land was cultivated in 2005 this percentage is likely to decline even further.

During the South African occupation of Namibia, white commercial farmers, most of whom came as settlers from South Africa and represented 0.2 of the national population, owned 74 of the arable land.

Georgia s climate and soil have made agriculture one of its most productive economic sectors the 18 percent of Georgian land that is arable provided 32 percent of the republic's NMP in 1990.

Near the river's mouth, the heavily irrigated Rio Grande Valley is an important agricultural region.

But it has gained a new impetus in a world where climate change is already a reality, commodity prices are rising, and basic resources such as clean air, arable land, and fresh water are increasingly scarce.

Its land titling was fragmented, the laws governing land acquisition were archaic, and the process of rezoning land for industrial use was non transparent.

We will continue our attacks on non Muslims on Pakistani land.

19 Owing to factors such as population growth, desertification and land degradation, arable land per member of the agricultural population of most developing countries has been declining for the past 30 years Ruth S. Meinzen Dick and others, Gender and property rights an overview , World Development, vol. 25, No. 8 (1997).

Still in Southern Mozambique, specifically in Gaza Province, there is an association known as AGROPEM (Matuba Association of Cattle Herders and Agriculturists) that carries out agricultural activities in an irrigated land, presently requiring inputs to increase its earnings and the project's feasibility.

Similarly, with 60 of the world s uncultivated arable land, Africa has a huge opportunity to feed the world s growing population and promote agriculture as a business. Yet, in countries like Nigeria, as the government has recognized, agriculture is moving backwards.

The Lower and Upper River Bann, River Foyle and River Blackwater form extensive fertile lowlands, with excellent arable land also found in North and East Down, although much of the hill country is marginal and suitable largely for animal husbandry.