Essays Tagged: "Arable land"

Study of a 3rd World Country, Ethiopia

ercentage of farm land is approximately 5.7% of the total amount of land in Ethiopia. The amount of arable land is 10% of the 5.7% total. Ethiopia has an area of 1 221 900 sq. km. Ethiopia does not re ... of forest land is minimal in Ethiopia, most of the area is grazed dry farmland, and some generally arable land. Near areas where beef cattle are being raised tsete flies can be found in great numbers ...

(10 pages) 210 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Denmarks 11th century conquest of Scandinavia

th better climate over Norway and Sweden. Norway had mountains in the east and reasonable amount of arable land in the west but not enough to support a large population. Much of Sweden's best land was ...

(5 pages) 39 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

United Nations Debate, France. Class: World History II. Facts on France.

en Belgium and Spain, Southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Between Italy and Spain.Arable Land: 33%The extent of France's coastlines is 3,427 kmThe climate in France varies between ea ...

(1 pages) 53 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

World population and it's effects on our environment.

growing faster than the food supply. Population pressures have degraded some 2 billion hectares of arable land - this is the size of Canada and the United States put together, lost to increasing popu ... ted States put together, lost to increasing population. This number will continue to increase until arable land is but a memory.Already forests are a rare sight in today's urban-based world. Nearly ha ...

(3 pages) 161 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Brazil: National Context.

il is topographically relatively flat. 40% of the land is under the Amazon Rain Forest. Most of the arable land is found in the South, but the process of land development for agriculture is pushing in ...

(13 pages) 266 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Geography of the Philippines essay

all dominate the climate patterns of the nation. Approximately nineteen percent of Filipino land is arable, the second most in the region of South East Asia. As shown in the "Arable Land" chart, the o ... hart, the only country near the Philippines with more farmland is Thailand with over thirty percent arable land. The warm weather and moist monsoons allow for growth of the nation's main crops: sugar, ...

(6 pages) 172 1 4.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Arable Farming and other types

Arable farming is the system of farming which uses ploughed fields to grow crops.THis is the most tr ... imes a problem that has to be considered. Pastoral farming is generally speaking more advanced than arable farming.Mixed farming is a system where both arable and pastoral farming is carried out. Most ... be used to feed the animals in the case of over production.Mixed farming is way more expensive that arable farming because of all the things that animals need to survive, including food.I think that I ...

(1 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Israel - Economic Activity

A large portion of the area is forested and hilly, thus, not fit for agriculture. The land that is arable stretches along the coast as well as some inland valleys.Approximately half of the arable lan ...

(5 pages) 29 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

OVER VIEW OF THAILAND

urces: Tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable landLand use: Arable land 32.88%, permanent crops 7%, other 60.12%Geography note: Controls on ...

(9 pages) 154 0 4.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Quantitative Methods for International Business about The population of Europe and Asia

are increased in magnitude by the overpopulation problem. For instance, there is a limited area of arable land and living space, such as India. That means no big country with large population has str ...

(4 pages) 75 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Mariana Fruit Bat

are relatively rural and sparsely populated, the main resource being fish and a small percentage of arable land. They also suffer from autumnal typhoons and several active volcanoes.The Mariana fruit ...

(3 pages) 17 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Post-Versailles Germany

y problems.Germany losing 13 percent of her territory, 10 per cent of her population, 15 percent of arable land, 75 per cent of iron and 68 per cent of zinc ore, 26 percent of her coal resources, the ...

(3 pages) 17 0 2.3 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Finland

overed mostly (seventy-five percent of land area) by coniferous taiga forests and fens, with little arable land. The most common type of rock is granite. It is a ubiquitous part of the scenery, visibl ...

(18 pages) 41 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers

Korean Americans in Multicultural Education

: $1.206 trillion; per capita $24,600. Real growth rate: 4.9%. Inflation: 2.5%. Unemployment: 3.2%. Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, ...

(13 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

THE ONE CHILD POLICY OF CHINA

1980s. This led China became a home of a quarter of the world's people with just 7% of the world's arable land. That's why Chinese authorities started concerning about the social and economic consequ ...

(10 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Uses of water in South Africa How water is used in south Africa in the different sectors

hile 13% of South Africa's land can be used for crop production, only 22% of this is high-potential arable land. The most important limiting factor is the availability of water. Rainfall is distribute ...

(5 pages) 2 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography