cropland
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- noun
- /ˈkrɒpˌlænd/
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tierra cultivable
- Farmers depend on cropland to grow the vegetables that supply local markets.
- cropland and pasture
- irrigating cropland
- rain-fed cropland
The rise in sea levels inundating croplands in places like the Nile Delta and Bangladesh and submerging low lying islands in the Pacific and Alaska.
- The rise in sea levels inundating croplands in places like the Nile Delta and Bangladesh and submerging low lying islands in the Pacific and Alaska.
Examples
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But we're alarmed out here... alarmed at the rate... our farms and croplands are being abandoned.
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The project has studied the cases of water in China, cropland in India, and forests in Indonesia.
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Most of the increases in cropland would have been in the developing nations.
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So after things like golf courses and cropland, where does the rest go?
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If we're converting cropland, then crops will have to be grown somewhere else.
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In contrast, the amount of cropland currently under food cultivation is approximately one hectare per four people.
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Since 1988, the European Union has subsidized cropland set-aside in order to limit production.
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Decades of tillage have caused soils on American cropland to lose up to half their virgin organic matter.
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The ashes themselves are probably of little consequence and may even help to fertilize cropland downstream.
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Current agricultural and forestry harvest was assumed to occur only on croplands and accessible forestlands.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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Land where people grow crops or raise animals
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Land prepared and used for growing crops like wheat or corn
Land that farmers plow and use to grow crops
Land prepared by farmers for growing crops
How Cultivated
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Etymology
Cropland is simply crop ('plants grown for food') plus land ('ground'), so it literally means ground used for growing crops.