Just 25 per cent of the country's land is suitable for crop growing, most of which is already occupied by arable fields.
中国只有25%的土地适合种植农作物，其中大部分已经被用作耕地。
The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.
这里的地形很快由耕地变为沙漠。
He farmed 200 acres of prime arable land.
他耕种了200英亩良田。
To feed the larger population, humans need to obtain arable land, so there is a massive clearing of trees.
人类为了养活比以前更多的人口，需要获得可耕地，因此大量砍伐树木。
Mongolia is the 18th largest country in the world by area. However, it has very little arable land: much of its area is grassland.
蒙古是18世纪世界上面积最大的国家，不过蒙古的可耕地面积非常少，大部分都是草地。
Harmony and order are also essential because the Japanese have always been jammed together on small patches of arable land.
因为日本人长久以来依靠很少的耕地谋生，和谐与秩序也是不可或缺的。
Much of the world's arable land is being farmed already, so the lion's share of the increase will need to come through higher yields.
世界上大多数可耕地都已经种植，所以大部分增长的份额只能依靠高的产量来完成。
That's about 1.4 percent above the minimum requirement for arable land, says the ministry.
那大约已经超过最低可耕地要求1.4个百分点。
While Egypt's arable land constitutes only 3 percent of the country, a ribbon of land along the Nile is lush with crops. Egypt is the world's leading producer of long-staple cotton.
虽然埃及耕地只占到该国领土的3%，但尼罗河沿岸地区还是庄稼茂盛，而且埃及还是世界上长绒棉的主要出口国。
But the fact is that with a very high proportion of arable land, there is still a lot of arable land which is not cultivated, which is lying fallow.
不过事实上，尽管印度可耕地比例很高，但是还有很多土地处于闲置。
A market price well above that level will cause new supply to be brought on stream; too low a price will cause mines to be mothballed or arable land to be switched to other crops.
市场价格走高，将激发供给，从而激发生产；市场价格走低，可能引发矿厂检修、耕地改种其他作物。
Land in Rwanda is scarce. But the major problem confronting those who work the land is that almost 90% of arable land is on hillsides.
卢旺达的土地资源稀缺，但农户当前面临的一大问题是近90%的耕地都是坡地。
We intensified the protection of arable land and the construction of agricultural water conservancy projects, and increased overall agricultural production capacity.
加强耕地保护和农田水利建设，提高农业综合生产能力。
But the stimulus plan calls for construction on nearly three times as much arable land this year and next year as can be readily brought into cultivation elsewhere.
但是刺激方案建设用地今年就将占去近3倍的耕地，下一年可能会轻松从别处开发耕地。
Farming is ruining the environment, and not enough arable land remains to feed a projected 9.5 billion people by 2050.
传统种植业正破坏环境，到2050年，全世界人口将达95亿，届时可耕地面积将不足以供养这么多人口。
Time to go exploring for metals and arable land to grow wheat, soybeans, rice.
目前是时候去勘探各种金属矿藏及开发耕地以种植小麦、大豆、水稻。
As well as the noise, traffic, loss of arable land and threat to birds, airports are a major source of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
机场不仅导致了噪声、交通堵塞、耕地流失，威胁鸟类，还是主要的污染源和温室气体排放源。
In the gulf, and elsewhere, demand for arable land is growing, while supply is shrinking.
在海湾地区，以及世界各地，对耕地的需求越来越大，同时供应却在缩小。
Rising sea levels and the associated intrusion of salt water are likely to reduce the amount of arable land even further.
上升的海平面和有关的海水侵入很可能会进一步减少可耕种土地的数量。
The FAO says that 23m hectares of arable land have been withdrawn from production in the former Soviet Union since its collapse, some of which could be put to use.
英国粮食农业组织说，23万公顷的可耕种土地在苏联解体后未投入使用，现在其中部分可以投入使用了。
The mountains of Yemen are covered in green terraces growing qat, a mildly narcotic plant that takes up more than half the country's arable land.
也门的山脉被种植咔特的绿色梯田覆盖着，咔特这种有轻微麻醉效果的植物占了整个国家大半的耕地。
The old farmer owns a piece of arable land on which he has grown fruit trees for 25 years.
那位老农拥有一片可耕地，他在这片土地上种了25年的果树。
Besides safeguarding their interests, the latest plan also preserves strict limits on the transfer of arable land.
新土地改革决定在保护农民的利益的同时还对可耕种土地的流转做出了严格规定。
In spite of water shortages and with just 7 percent of the arable land on earth, China has to feed a quarter of the world’s population.
尽管水资源匮乏，耕地面积只占世界的7%，但中国得养活全世界四分之一的人口。
The FAO puts its total potential arable land at over 400m hectares; only 50m is being used.
世界粮农组织将巴西潜在可用土地面积定位在400多万公顷；而现在才用了50万公顷。
Analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss.
分析人士认为耕地流失是由好几个因素造成的。
Analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss.
分析人士认为耕地流失是由好几个因素造成的。
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