The agricultural sector has untapped potential - less than half of arable land is cultivated.
The U.S., with the most arable land and developed agricultural production, stands to gain from these growing markets.
It is a mixed farm, with arable crops and a 40-strong herd of beef cattle.
It is composed of open field landscapes, lochs, moorlands, arable lands, pastures and afforested areas.
Mr Gerrard said livestock farmers had been almost as badly hit as arable farmers.
Continuing wrangling has acted as a serious disincentive to further investment in the country's valuable arable land.
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The study had looked at a "very, very high" proportion of England's organic arable farms, he said.
In Bedfordshire, a former arable farm in the open countryside received permission for a nursery and bulb sheds.
Even today more than 80 per cent of arable land on the island is covered by cane fields.
It suspects Kenya of using the EAC as a way of grabbing arable Tanzanian land on the cheap.
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This new merged biosphere reserve is composed of open field landscapes, lochs, moorlands, arable lands, pastures and afforested areas.
With 60% of the world's unexploited arable land in Africa, Mr Conway says it needs to become more productive.
Mr Ward, an arable farmer, was moved by the plight of sheep farmers, and described their situation as "heartbreaking".
The Ethiopian government seems to have elected to bet on large-scale concessions of fertile arable lands to foreign investors.
The system is not suitable for many soils and is used on only around 10% of Britain's arable crops.
Second, Africa, with the world's most uncultivated arable land, has the potential to help end the global food security and nutrition crisis.
Nor is it just upon arable land that the bio-fuel industry is impacting.
With a fifth of Japan's arable land, Hokkaido is the country's food basket.
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"They decided they could not do that (use so much arable land for soybeans) -- so they import, " added Cluff.
We use the vast majority of our arable land to grow corn and soy commodity crops instead of actual food.
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Livestock and arable farmer, Andrew Brown, 46, of Fairchild Lodge, Rutland, said his main problem was getting water to the animals.
There are believed to be 4, 000 commercial farms - mostly white-owned - that occupy up to half of Namibia's arable land.
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That should generate electricity for vast new farms spread over 3m hectares of arable land granted to foreign and local firms.
The fact the organic arable farms were more likely to have livestock on them also made them richer habitats for wildlife.
China faces an immense task to feed its population as breakneck industrial development has eaten into the country's supply of arable land.
Reduced flooding meant the arable land was not having its nutrients replenished, yet it was producing an extra two harvests each year.
At present it has no need to colonize Siberia purely for agriculture, since Russia has plenty of arable land in more hospitable climates.
Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) wants 40 acres (16 hectares) of arable land to link to its existing reserve at Arger Fen near Sudbury.
Too many Indians still rely on the land, and too much of the country's arable land depends on the vagaries of the monsoon.
Individuals seeking to maintain and grow their wealth may want to rush towards safe havens and solid investments like arable land and precious metals.
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