fertile land
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffertileandland
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fertile
adjective
uk/ˈfɜː.taɪl/us/ˈfɝː.t̬əl/
Fertile land can produce a large number of good ...
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land
noun
uk/lænd/us/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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(Definition offertileandlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The morefertilelandsuitable for groundnut production tends to be some distance from habitation.
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Doubling labor and capital on doublyfertilelandcan more than double output.
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Land markets overheated near the city, without heed to the fertility of soils andfertilelandwas lost to houses and streets.
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As the mostfertilelandbecame scarce, further expansion meant bringing loweryielding land into cultivation.
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The lowlands, with large tracts of flat and relativelyfertilelandcoupled with adequate rainfall, provided ideal conditions for the adoption of large-scale wheat farming.
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It is easier to find such activities if farmers have access to relativelyfertilelandand have reasonable access to markets.
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As accumulation occurred, population grew, and additional lessfertilelandcame into cultivation.
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The growing scarcity offertilelandapparently has increased the incidence of unofficial sale and tenancy arrangements.
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It is a country withfertileland, vast mineral wealth, populated by people who are poor, sick and starving.
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How far are we prepared to go in the further development and increased use offertilelandto produce a dominant product of this kind?
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A great deal of it is lying waste in the middle offertileland.
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What is the use of extensive schemes to increase production when, at the same time,fertilelandis taken away from the industry?
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Fertilelandis the mainspring upon which all stock grows.
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The predictable result has been increasing soil erosion and the conversion offertilelandinto desert.
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The rivers not only produce the only protein food but on their banks is the onlyfertileland.
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He has to see his lambs sold at uneconomic prices to the lowland farmer because he may not have thefertileland.
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I visited irrigation and agricultural schemes to turn the desert intofertileland.
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He asked equally whether it was right for a nation to be rich because it hadfertileland.
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It has the mostfertilelandin the world.
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