cultivable

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But on its website, Al Dahra acknowledges the challenges of climate change, noting “the continuing decrease in cultivable land and diminishing water resources available for farming.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

The union's spokesperson pointed out that the cultivable agricultural area is only 2% of the province's territory.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023

The office, which has always been limited by a small budget and staff, continues to gauge a spacecraft’s “bioburden” based on a classic measure—the number of cultivable microbial spores it carries.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2017

Only two thirds of the cultivable land in four districts straddling the river - Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar and Ramanagara - were cropped until 12 September, say officials.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2016

The railway is slowly attacking the stronghold of the Turkish peasant, extending his operations on the wasted stretches of cultivable land, and slowly opening out dim vistas of prosperity athwart his present apathy.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa