Sentence examples for of marginal land from inspiring English sources

The interest in hunting is probably driving up prices of marginal land, Mr. Munson said.

It called for more financial incentives for landholders to cut runoff, including loans, tax breaks for farm amalgamations and "voluntary retirement of marginal land from production".

The emergence of slave agriculture did not exclude the continuing existence in the area of peasants as owners of marginal land or as casual day labourers or both.

Lapwing: Has suffered historically through the loss of suitable habitats, with the drainage and conversion of marginal land into farmed land.

Rebanks' family has scraped by on this beautiful, unforgiving land for several generations, passing down knowledge of how to choose the best tup and make the best of marginal land.

In some parts of the world, such as Indonesia, this might mean launching efforts to increase agricultural productivity and the use of marginal land in order to reduce the pressure for forest conversion.

Livestock producers often work in difficult cross-border environments, and their success frequently depends on their ability to move freely and take advantage of marginal lands on which crops might not easily grow.

Hence, we need an alternative estimate of the productivity of marginal lands.

Information about location of marginal lands in a watershed is of interest to those who view these areas as potential land for producing biofuel crops.

Moreover, drought will continue to become worse in the next decades because of the potential impact of climate change on rainfall patterns and the need to extend the exploitation of marginal lands (Bates et al. 2008).

Conversely, China has large areas of marginal lands, which are always located in the arid and semi-arid region and suffered from severe water deficit and are not suitable for farming.