Sentence examples for Lands abroad from inspiring English sources
And the question arose whether the furor was not so much about the niqab, a supposed symbol of piety, as the telltale marker of a deeper sense of difference between faiths, sharpened by years of war in Muslim lands abroad that wrenched Britain's social fabric at home.
As described earlier, switchgrass production converts large areas of domestic cropland-pasture land, triggering conversion of lands abroad, including forests, to agriculture.
"Land grabbers" are snapping up land abroad to use for food production.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia are among the top ten investors in land abroad, according to Land Matrix, a body that tracks such deals.
The UAE's Al Dahra Agriculture, which works closely with the government and owns land abroad, recently bought eight farm companies in Serbia for $400m.
OVER the last decade, as populations have grown, capital has flowed across borders and crop yields have leveled off, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture.
Bowing before the wind, a Chinese agriculture-ministry official insists his country is not seeking to buy land abroad, though he adds that "if there are requests, we would like to assist".
This thesis analyzes factors contributing to the recent trend of nations purchasing, leasing, or otherwise acquiring agricultural land abroad as a food production resource.
OSLO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The president of the Pacific island state of Kiribati favors buying more land abroad after a purchase in Fiji, to secure both food supplies and perhaps a future home if rising sea levels swamp low-lying atolls.
Imports arrive from foreign fishing vessels landing their catch in one of the Danish fishing harbours, or they originate in fish landed abroad, and then bought and brought to Denmark by ship or lorry.
In 1997 around half of all catches of herring and mackerel were landed abroad (mainly into Norway and Denmark) as were UK catches of hake (into Spain) and plaice (into the Netherlands).1 Overall some 38% of UK landings were made into non-UK ports.
