Arable land is, according to one definition, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. In Britain, it was traditionally contrasted with pasturable land such as heaths which could be used for sheep-rearing but not farmland. A quite different kind of definition is used by various agencies concerned with agriculture. In providing statistics on arable land, the FAO and the World Bank use the definition offered in the glossary accompanying FAOSTAT: Arable land is the land under temporar
Given that our sense of smell clearly plays an important part in our psychological make-up, in addition to it being one of the five ways in which we connect with the world around us, its absence can have a profound impact.
âNot only did the dogs discriminate that scent from the others-they had a positive association with it,â the researchers write. âThis speaks to the power of the dogâs sense of smell, and it provides clues about the importance of humans in dogsâ lives.â.esearchers have found key regions in a canine brain only light up when the animal is exposed to the smell of a human being that cares for it. These same regions fail to activate when exposed to other dogs-even familiar ones-according to researchers at Emory University in Georgia.