31. The land here is rich with chernozemic soils and forms Romania's most important farming region . 32. It is also a major cattle and mixed-farming region , and farm holidays are available. 33. During antiquity, Patras remained a farming region but in Classical times it became an important port. 34. Around 1840 William and Ann Vane took their young family to the rich farming region near Singleton. 35. Monsoon rains are crucial in India because irrigation facilities are poorly developed and limited to wealthier farming regions . 36. Farming regions in the interiors of Africa, Asia and North America may experience drought and punishing heat waves.37. In Nazret and other farming regions , agricultural experts are trying to fight the next famine before it arrives. 38. It cuts through one of the country's most isolated farming regions , dominated by Uzbekis and Tajikis. 39. The quake smashed the mud houses scattered through the farming region , leaving up to 60, 000 homeless. 40. Hundreds of families have abandoned their villages in the prosperous hog-farming region of 11, 000 residents.