Arable land is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term often has a more precise definition: "
Arable land refers to land under temporary crops (double- cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows. for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen. gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not.
