farmland

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This leads to dehydration and eventually “desertification”—a phenomenon the film tracks across a quasi-equatorial band of the Earth, where deforestation in pursuit of farmland has had a deleterious effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

In Moussa's town, where many residents rely on agriculture as a source of income, water covered vast areas of farmland, while farmers stood in their fields assessing their losses.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The Central Valley stretches from Bakersfield to Redding and is home to some of the nation’s most lucrative farmland.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The open-source system can also be used to monitor farmland and track which crops are being grown in which fields over time, building a detailed picture of UK agriculture.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Half of its farmland is devoted to labor-intensive, high-yield, irrigated rice agriculture, facilitated by abundant rivers flowing from the wet mountains onto sloping lowland plains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond