81. But the property incorporates three villages, part of it is woods, it includes arable land and there are also historic monuments in the area. 82. China charged Saturday that foreign investors were paying unreasonably low rents on farmland and would take steps to prevent the scarce arable land from being undervalued. 83. Developers have contributed to food shortages by building on arable land. 84. The smallest piece of arable land in this hilly countryside is exploited. 85. The town is in the poorest region of Sichuan province with little arable land. 86. Urbanisation, erosion and desertification have been steadily shrinking arable land supplies, alarming Beijing. 87. Virtually all the arable land in Rwanda has been cultivated, usually without fertilisers, resulting in erosion and the exhaustion of the soils. 88. Minefields are preventing tens of thousands of civilians returning to their villages and arable land in the TSZ. 89. Other measures will be announced to increase rice acreage, resist industrial encroachment on arable land and improve grain storage and supply systems, the official said. 90. Only eight percent of arable land is irrigated, he added. |