cropland Definition
crop·land (-land′)
noun
land used to grow and harvest crops
cropland Usage Examples
Converse of object
- harvest: The total farmland in the USA is 380 m ha, of which 175 m ha is harvested cropland.
- manage: More than 25 percent would come from extensively managed forestlands and about 75 percent from intensively managed croplands.
- include: To satisfactorily include croplands in GCMs, the representation of crop management needs consideration.
Adjective modifier
- arable: The results were compared with a situation in which these locations were instead used as arable cropland.
- productive: In agricultural areas, industrial tree plantations have undermined food security by usurping productive cropland and pastures.
- good: Worldwide, some 30 % of the best croplands lie on flood plains and are vulnerable to flooding.
Modifies a noun
- account: Replacing lost croplands accounts for 60 percent of deforestation, greatly accelerating climate change.
- management: Key decisions reached at Bonn include: Broad activities eligible for sinks credits, including forest management, cropland management and revegetation.
- area: At the other end of the spectrum is Brazil, the only country with the potential to expand world cropland area markedly.
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