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.
Continuing wrangling has acted as a serious disincentive to further investment in the country's valuable arable land.
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Even today more than 80 per cent of arable land on the island is covered by cane fields.
With 60% of the world's unexploited arable land in Africa, Mr Conway says it needs to become more productive.
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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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.
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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As I said earlier, in Argentina, as elsewhere in Latin America, most of the arable land is privately owned by individual farmers and corporations.
In instances where foreign investment is justified, priority could be given to arrangements that do not imply transfer of arable land to foreign investors.
Arable land is being used to produce biofuels, the increased demand for meat, particularly in India and China, is raising demand for animal feed.
The more animals there are being raised for human consumption, the more demand there is for feed crops, fertilizers, farming equipment, seeds and arable land.
China's demand for fertiliser is expected to be particularly buoyant as a result of its huge population and the poor quality of its arable land.
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It has gold and the country's largest tract of arable land.
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That would mean nearly one-quarter -- about 23% -- of China's total arable land would be used for soybeans, based on China's latest data from 2008.
On the whole, only 3.5% of Africa's arable land is irrigated and about 9% of world fertilizer is used in the continent, according to the U.N.
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It showed traditional orchards had been reduced by 67%, flower-rich grassland reduced by 83% and ancient woodland reduced by 78% while arable land had increased by 832%.
He said the soil quality on the new site was not yet known but there had been a suggestion it had previously been used as arable land.
Meanwhile, the arable land that we do currently have is becoming more damaged, with soil erosion now causing 40 percent of land degradation worldwide, the FAO says.
James Janaway, who farms arable land in the Czech Republic and Romania as well as Hampshire, explains that farming in Eastern Europe is not plain sailing for Britons.
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