Arable land
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Arable land is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term often has a more precise definition:
Modern mechanised agriculture permits large fields like this one in Dorset, England
Fields in the region of Záhorie in Western Slovakia
A field of sunflowers in Cardejón, Spain
Water buffalo ploughing rice fields near Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia
Soil fertility
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Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent yields of high quality. A fertile soil has the f
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Desert east of Birdsville, Australia. Much of Australia is sparsely populated as its desert soils are mostly infertile; thus unable to support larger scale human habitation.