The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.
这里的地形很快由耕地变为沙漠。
To feed the larger population, humans need to obtain arable land, so there is a massive clearing of trees.
人类为了养活比以前更多的人口，需要获得可耕地，因此大量砍伐树木。
He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land.
他耕种了200英亩良田。
Analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss.
分析人士认为耕地流失是由好几个因素造成的。
Time to go exploring for metals and arable land to grow wheat, soybeans, rice.
目前是时候去勘探各种金属矿藏及开发耕地以种植小麦、大豆、水稻。
In the gulf, and elsewhere, demand for arable land is growing, while supply is shrinking.
在海湾地区，以及世界各地，对耕地的需求越来越大，同时供应却在缩小。
That's about 1.4 percent above the minimum requirement for arable land, says the ministry.
那大约已经超过最低可耕地要求1.4个百分点。
The old farmer owns a piece of arable land on which he has grown fruit trees for 25 years.
那位老农拥有一片可耕地，他在这片土地上种了25年的果树。
Uganda has half of East Africa's arable land and could become the granary of the region.
乌干达可耕地占东非地区的一半，因而可以成为该地区的粮仓。
It's on this arable land that the farmers produce food for the whole population of China.
正是在这块可耕地上，农民们为中国人生产粮食。
Vast expanses of marsh that used to abound with reeds have been converted into arable land.
曾经是芦苇丛生的大片沼泽地已经变成了耕地。
China has about 40 per cent of the world's farmers but just 9 per cent of the world's arable land.
中国农民数量占全世界的40%左右，而耕地面积仅占9%。
In Holland thousands of hectares have been reclaimed from the sea and turned over to arable land and pasture.
在荷兰，人们拦海造田已开垦了成千上万公顷的土地并将它们变成可耕地和牧场。
Besides safeguarding their interests, the latest plan also preserves strict limits on the transfer of arable land.
新土地改革决定在保护农民的利益的同时还对可耕种土地的流转做出了严格规定。
Rising sea levels and the associated intrusion of salt water are likely to reduce the amount of arable land even further.
上升的海平面和有关的海水侵入很可能会进一步减少可耕种土地的数量。
Harmony and order are also essential because the Japanese have always been jammed together on small patches of arable land.
因为日本人长久以来依靠很少的耕地谋生，和谐与秩序也是不可或缺的。
Much of the world's arable land is being farmed already, so the lion's share of the increase will need to come through higher yields.
世界上大多数可耕地都已经种植，所以大部分增长的份额只能依靠高的产量来完成。
Land in Rwanda is scarce. But the major problem confronting those who work the land is that almost 90% of arable land is on hillsides.
卢旺达的土地资源稀缺，但农户当前面临的一大问题是近90%的耕地都是坡地。
In spite of water shortages and with just 7 percent of the arable land on earth, China has to feed a quarter of the world’s population.
尽管水资源匮乏，耕地面积只占世界的7%，但中国得养活全世界四分之一的人口。
To avert our arable land from further degradation, soil management must be shifted from degrading tillage to conservation practices.
为了阻止耕地地力的持续下降和生态环境进一步恶化，土壤管理方式必须由传统的耕作方式转向保护性耕作。
The scattered management of arable land by individual households is not so suitable to the extension of new agricultural technologies.
目前农村土地的分散经营不利于农业新技术的推广实施。
As well as the noise, traffic, loss of arable land and threat to birds, airports are a major source of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
机场不仅导致了噪声、交通堵塞、耕地流失，威胁鸟类，还是主要的污染源和温室气体排放源。
Higher temperatures will dry up arable land in some Pacific countries, many of which are already poor and experiencing widespread malnutrition.
而温度升高会让一些大平洋地区国家的耕地干涸，其中很多国家已经很穷了并正在遭受普遍营养不良的折磨。
China's demand for fertiliser is expected to be particularly buoyant as a result of its huge population and the poor quality of its arable land.
由于中国的巨量人口及其贫瘠的可耕地，中国的化肥需求有望看涨。
Recently, officials have emphasized that China needs at least 1.8 billion mu of arable land (about 120 million hectares) to avoid hunger disaster.
最近官方强调，要避免出现饥荒，中国至少需要18亿亩耕地(约合1.2亿公顷)。
But the fact is that with a very high proportion of arable land, there is still a lot of arable land which is not cultivated, which is lying fallow.
不过事实上，尽管印度可耕地比例很高，但是还有很多土地处于闲置。
The region has 15% of the world’s oil reserves, a large stock of its minerals, a quarter of its arable land (much of it unused) and 30% of its fresh water.
该区占世界石油储备量的15%，占世界可耕地面积的1/4（大量尚未开垦），占世界淡水量的30%，并且有丰富的矿产资源储备。
The region has 15% of the world’s oil reserves, a large stock of its minerals, a quarter of its arable land (much of it unused) and 30% of its fresh water.
该区占世界石油储备量的15%，占世界可耕地面积的1/4（大量尚未开垦），占世界淡水量的30%，并且有丰富的矿产资源储备。
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