With limited arable lands, Beijing's priority remains the development of intensive farming.

The arable ground was laid out in plots of nine squares, thus:

But it is in arable districts that agitation takes its extreme form.

Whatever arable land belonged to the hill-farm lay away from the river.

There is considerable arable land, and the place possesses a remarkable climate.

There isn't enough rain to change all the savanna into arable farmland.

The cultivable or arable land was divided into several-usuallythree-greatgrain fields.

It was a series of woods and clearings, some grass, some arable.

There are a few acres of meadow, and some tolerable arable land.

In 1922, it owned every piece of arable land on the island.

Our arable acre was a model farm on a very small scale.

There are a great many small oaks, and very little arable land.

With iron axes, forests could be cleared to provide more arable land.

We gradually leave forest, pasture and arable land, finding ourselves amid vineyards.

China prohibited building golf courses on arable land in 1997, according to Xinhua.

Earlier payments were for animal premiums, arable aid and disadvantaged areas compensatory allowances.