Examples of arable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Nepal’s agriculture ministry estimated that about 30 percent of arable land, mainly in hilly areas, was no longer being used. — New York Times, 14 June 2022 Only 7 percent of arable land in Cuba is irrigated. — Washington Post, 21 May 2022 Many tribes found themselves on reservations that lacked sufficient arable land, water or other resources. — AZCentral.com, 20 May 2022 Many tribes found themselves on reservations that lacked sufficient arable land, water or other resources. — USA Today, 20 May 2022 One of its purposes was to facilitate the conversion of Florida’s Everglades into arable land, but its provisions also applied to several other states, California among them. — David Owen, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 According to the United Nations, 23 hectares of arable land are lost to drought and desertification every minute, and studies have found that aridity affects 40% of agricultural soil. — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 8 May 2022 Over 42% of the continent, exclusive of the Sahara Desert, is arable land, and 60% of the population are smallholder farmers. — Heather Wishart-smith, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Researchers are estimating that millions of people could suffer from malnutrition in the years following the invasion as a result of lack of arable land. — Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun About 13% of the land is arable, with microclimates suited to nearly every crop. — The Economist, 28 May 2020 Today, the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon run the estate, spanning 5,000 acres with 4,000 acres of arable farming. — Rachel King, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2019 For centuries, Knepp Castle’s 3,500-acre estate was devoted to intensive arable and dairy farming. — National Geographic, 16 June 2018 Traditionally, the arable farmer has fought against two enemies: weather and weeds. — Bella Bathurst, Newsweek, 29 May 2014 With the advent of arable and animal agriculture, fishing alone, of the three ancient ways of obtaining food—the other two being hunting and plant foraging—has remained vital to human civilisation. — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017 The pigs are raised in arable bliss by doting artisanal farmers (a marketing narrative orchestrated to sell consumers on the Frankenswine). — Emily Poenisch, Esquire, 29 June 2017 But local governments that have relied for years on land sales to fund growth can circumvent restrictions by counting marginal land as arable, or re-zoning urban areas as farms. — Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2017 April is also high season for sandstorms, a result of desertification—the transformation of arable, hospitable land into desert. — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2017 See More

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