It seems that the hardest problems to solve in removing landmines are people problems. One of the easiest to take care is how we interpret the goal of mine clearing. We would do well to identify as quickly as possible those areas that are clean thereby allowing farms to get back into limited production. Then get back to clearing the areas that are easily cleared. If we can adapt farming practices (armored tractors for example) to coexist with antipersonnel mines less land would need time-consuming intensive clearing. Finally only the remaining areas would need focussed attention. In other words, for every big problem there are a bunch of smaller problems struggling to get out.