to leave land uncultivated
1land — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 surface of the earth ADJECTIVE ▪ dry ▪ It was good to be on dry land again after months at sea. VERB + LAND ▪ reach ▪ The explorers reached land after a long voyage …
2AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …
3fallow — fallow1 [fal′ō] n. [ME falow < OE fealh, akin to fealh, harrow, felly (of wheel) < IE base * pelk , to turn > Gael olca, fallow land] 1. land plowed but not seeded for one or more growing seasons, to kill weeds, make the soil richer, etc …
4Operation Barga — was a land reform movement throughout rural West Bengal for recording the names of sharecroppers (bargadars) while avoiding the time consuming method of recording through the settlement machinery. It bestowed on the bargadars, the legal… …
5Set-aside — as a political measure was introduced by the European Union (EU) in 1988 to (i) help reduce the large and costly surpluses produced in Europe under the guaranteed price system of the Common Agricultural Policy; and (ii) to deliver some… …
6serfdom — See serf. * * * In medieval Europe, condition of a tenant farmer who was bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of his landlord. Serfs differed from slaves in that slaves could be bought and sold without reference to land, whereas… …
7Wang Mang — Infobox Monarch name = Wang Mang reign = 9 23 date of birth = 45 BC date of death = October 6, 23 (aged 68) dynasty = Xin Dynasty predecessor = Emperor Ruzi (Han) successor = Emperor Gengshi (Han) spouse = Empress Wang Empress Shi children = 6… …
8ELYASHAR, JACOB SAUL BEN ELIEZER JEROHAM — (1817–1906), Sephardi chief rabbi of Ereẓ Israel (rishon le Ẓion). A grandson of Jacob ben Ḥayyim Elyashar , he was born in Safed. His father, a dayyan, shoḥet, and cantor there, was arrested by the Turkish authorities, but succeeded in escaping… …
9ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… …
10Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
