21.   It cites an estimate by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service that almost half of U.S. arable land is excessively eroded.

22.   Minefields now lay waste to arable land from Afghanistan to Cambodia.

23.   No arable land is available for these Rwandans, and the government lacks the money to provide the basic services to support them here.

24.   Nor does it have any permanent crops or arable land.

25.   One very real challenge is finding enough arable land for the refugees.

26.   Shortages of water and arable land mounted, and unchecked industrial pollution contributed to an overall degradation of the environmental landscape.

27.   Simply rebuilding agriculture will not solve the problem, Morton said, because North Korea has limited arable land.

28.   Such vital resources as arable land and water are scarce.

29.   Sub-Saharan Africa boasts far more arable land and mineral riches than other poor regions.

30.   The area, once a desert, has been converted to arable land through an irrigation project.