Sentences with phrase «arable regions»

The amount of crops produced by the setup in the desert of Qatar is comparable to commercial farms in more arable regions.

A two - degree spike could create freshwater shortages, dry out arable regions, and increase the severity of extreme cyclones, but the challenges would largely be manageable (see «The Planet Fixers»).

Not exact matches

While emphasizing that the south west holds the future of food security in Nigeria, Governor Ambode said the available massive arable and fertile land had placed the region on a sound footing to use agriculture not only to grow the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region but also to ensure food availability for the country.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday described the south west region as the next frontier of food security in Nigeria, revealing that an Agric Master Plan that would facilitate the effective use of the massive arable and fertile land in the region would soon be developed.

Ashanti region has vast arable lands that could be very suitable for making money and creating jobs from this tree.

According to the report, with little arable land and scarce water supplies, the region is one of the top food importers in the world.

At the same time, other regions that are too cold today could become arable.

This could further reduce livestock and hurt the few crops the region grows (only 1 percent of Mongolia is arable land).

China's government admits that 19.4 % of arable land is contaminated with heavy metals, while the region which is high enough to produce hardy and nutritious roots, the Yunnan region, is exempt from many national pollution limits.

The southwest possesses many orchards and vineyards, while arable crops are grown throughout the region.

Generally the region is hilly and sparsely populated in the North and West, and urban and arable in the East and South.

The property firm Colliers International argued in a white paper this week that locating marijuana greenhouses on the least arable portions of B.C.'s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) would be «a viable alternative» to the province's dwindling supply of industrial land — particularly in the 148,000 - acre South Coast Panel Region that includes Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.