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Prime farmland. Land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is also available for these uses.
HNV farmland
Translations of "high nature value farmland":
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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): (From the USDA) In basic terms, CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legally or spiritually, the community's farm, ...
When rain is acidic, it affects what it falls on: trees, lakes, buildings and farmland. Sometimes rain is not very acidic and does not cause a lot of problems, but when it is acidic, it can be very harmful to the environment.
TREES AND PLANTS ...
In Egypt, half of irrigated croplands suffer from salinization, while in Turkey 160,000 square kilometers of farmlands is affected by soil erosion.
Agrochemicals are chemicals such as pesticides and fertilisers produced by major chemical companies - the input agribusiness, and applied to farmland.
(approximate a football field) one foot deep, or 325,900 gallons. One acre-foot can support the annual indoor and outdoor needs of between one and two households per year, and, on average, three acre-feet are needed to irrigate one acre of farmland.
 See also: Water, Environment, Economic, Recycle, Environmental
  
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