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marginal land

In farming, poor-quality land that is likely to yield a poor return. It is the last land to be brought into production and the first land to be abandoned. Examples are desert fringes in Africa and mountain areas in the UK.
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This is mainly caused by increased cultivation of marginal land with high slopes and shallow soils, destruction of natural vegetation for fuel and fodder, overgrazing, and other environmentally destructive uses.
ONE- FOURTH OF INDIA HEADED FOR DESERTIFICATION by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
Farmers are being advised to withdraw marginal land from grass seed production and perhaps switch to other crops - though growers of other commodities are also suffering.
A grass seed glut by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
It is also beginning to look as though jatropha can be grown on marginal land only with intensive fertiliser and irrigation use.
Potential bidders probe takeover options at D1 Oils by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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