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.
What we know is that smell is the oldest sense, having its origins in the rudimentary senses for chemicals in air and water â senses that even bacteria have. Before sight or hearing, before even touch, creatures evolved to respond to chemicals around them.