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

On the cultivable land on the west and east men and women were digging, ploughing, planting, hoeing, for in some parts seed sown only two weeks before was already sprouting.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Strang, Herbert