Egypt's planted area has grown by 30% in the past 25 years.
Corn is a staple food crop and accounts for the largest proportion of planted area on Zambian farms.
Wheat, with a planted area in North America that is about two-thirds that of maize, would be worth genetically modifying.
A monoculture's uniformity means that if temperatures spike or a new pest arrives, the damage is likely to spread throughout the entire planted area.
That became a splendidly planted area with an artificial pond that is still traversed by swan-shaped excursion boats in the summer.
In the current marketing year (August to July), the planted area is expected to increase by more than 12%, after a 22% expansion last year.
The master bedroom looks out onto a planted area with a fountain, which seems like it would have helped sell the place.
One — he preferred not to be named knowing the righteous rage of the organic movement — said that in the palm oil sector alone, the planted area will have to increase by 12 million hectares by 2050 to satisfy demand.
I was the first in, so had a few seconds alone to go from one end to the other, bumping up to the submerged barrier separating the planted area.
However, many scientists, including myself, believe it is possible to increase agriculture productivity in the Amazon (and in Brazil in general) through increases in productivity, without increasing planted area or additional deforestation," said Costa.
Fields older than 20-year-old were only 0.2% of planted area.
