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It’s said Britain is a green and pleasant land – and there’s now a map that proves it. The ‘land cover map’, from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, shows that urban sprawl accounts ...
Obi lamented that households are suffering due to hunger despite the rich arable lands Nigeria is blessed with. He made the remark via a post on X to mark the 2024 World Food Day celebration.
China's total arable land has increased for two consecutive years, Natural Resources Minister Wang Guanghua said during a news conference held by the State Council Information Office on Tuesday.
Find out what the average price is for arable land and pasture in English and Welsh counties on our land map. It shows a full breakdown of average values on a county-by-county basis for prime ...
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An FAO map suggests that arable land, suitable for major cash crops such as wheat, coffee, beans, cassava and plantain, will be halved by 2100.
More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and arable land. Rain forests that once grew over 14 percent of the land on Earth now cover only ...
Heavy metals contaminate up to 17% of world's arable land: study Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1. ...
Regarding the law, the land minister said, "Bangladesh is incurring a loss as much as 220 hectares of arable land per day due to unplanned development works or projects, which is a threat to food ...
New maps show food production now takes up 40 percent of the Earth's land surface, revealing the extent to which farming has changed the face of the planet, scientists say.