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
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.
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:
Soil fertility
…for plant growth can be enhanced many times gradually by providing adequate irrigation water of suitable quality and good drainage from the soil. Arable land Plaggen soil…
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