The main purpose, says the commission, is to help establish jurisdiction in border disputes and plane crashes. Excluding water, the strip will extend over 2,964 miles of land.

If the global population adopted recommended North American dietary guidelines, there wouldn't be enough land to provide the food required, according to a new study co-authored by University of ...

China needs to act to preserve its remaining high-quality arable land by classifying tracts of land as for permanent arable use, particularly in the southeast and in the suburbs of big cities.

Kim gave instructions to revamp irrigation systems, build modern farming machines and create more arable land as he wrapped up the seventh enlarged plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party's ...

Holcim has given the name Amrize to its North American building materials company, which it plans to list this year, the Swiss firm said on Friday.

More than 40 percent of China's arable land is suffering from degradation, official news agency Xinhua said, reducing its capacity to produce food for the world's biggest population.

Agricultural land in Central Asia and the Caucasus is degrading at an alarming rate. Officials did a lot of handwringing about the issue during a roundtable at the recently completed COP29 ...

Heavy metals contaminate up to 17% of world's arable land: study Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1. ...

China has firmly secured its red line of 1.8 billion mu (120 million hectares) of arable land, ensuring stable grain harvests, Minister of Natural Resources Guan Zhiou said on Tuesday.

More than 40 percent of China's arable land is suffering from degradation, official news agency Xinhua said, reducing its capacity to produce food for the world's biggest population.

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of China's arable land is suffering from degradation, official news agency Xinhua said, reducing its capacity to produce food for the world's biggest ...