The phrase "area devoted to crops" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing agricultural land or regions specifically used for growing plants or food.
Example: "The farmer expanded the area devoted to crops to increase his yield for the upcoming season."
Alternatives: "land dedicated to farming" or "space allocated for cultivation".
All else equal, a net increase in area devoted to crop production in a country will increase its output over time (whether measured in mass or calories).
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L). is an important specialty crop accounting for approximately 7% of the world agricultural area devoted to vegetable crops.
Results showed several consistent patterns across townships, including increased area devoted to row crops; decreased area devoted to small grains, hay, and grass; decreased numbers of farm fields concomitant with an increase in average field size; and a loss of rural infrastructure, such as farmsteads and rail lines.
However, the trend is being reversed in recent times, with total area devoted to permanent crops growing from about 3 million hectares in 1995 to 3.2 million hectares in 2011 (FAO, [2014]) in response to policy reforms.
We assigned municipalities with a confidential value for the cultivation of corn and wheat to the first tertile, assuming that the percentage of area devoted to these crops by only one farmer in a municipality was small.
Oil palm is a highly profitable crop adapted to the humid tropics and the area devoted to this crop is likely to expand significantly in the future.
The true beneficiary of Mr. Bush's promotional efforts are not poor people, but some of the world's largest agrochemical and seed corporations -- like Monsanto, whose genetically modified seed technology accounted for more than 90percentt of the total worldwide area devoted to genetically modified crops last year.
Insecticides, including organophosphate insecticides, were applied to most of the area devoted to pea and potato crops; this was less true for corn and wheat crops.
The annual World Drug Report, released Thursday, found that nearly 741,000 acres worldwide were occupied by opium-producing poppy fields, the largest area devoted to the farming of the crop since 1998, when estimates were first available.
Nevertheless, the global cropping area devoted to triticale remains low, and the bulk of its production is concentrated in central and eastern Europe [ 1].
The region still has 958,000 acres devoted to crops, but they are heavily concentrated in the Inland Empire.
