«High population densities among farmers led them to expand to
additional arable land,» Lipson said.
Not exact matches
New ways to utilize starch from cassava can provide food to an
additional 30 million people without taking more
arable land than today.
Conventional stockless
arable farms depend on the input of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, while stockpiled manure and slurry on livestock farms create
additional emissions and other environmen - tal problems.
One example is improving yield on lands already deforested to produce crops, thereby preventing
additional deforestation driven by increasing demand for
arable land.