Arable land per capita 2030 book

Home books desalination challenges and opportunities working title. Earth has lost a third of arable land in past 40 years. Changes in arable land demand for food in india and china. Concerning current land use and the potential for expanding the agricultural land area in. These are world population, income per capita andor food diets, and. Dear friends, do you know how much arable land do you have. Pdf future arable land requirement of pig production in. In addition, this new paper includes a chapter 4 on production factors land. Curated by knoemas data analysts to deliver leading shortterm and longterm indicators and forecasts from trusted sources for each of the covered industries. By 2030, global urban land cover will increase by 152 mha, more. Revised and more recent data have been used as basis.

Changes in arable land demand for food in india and china mdpi. Arable land hectares per person includes land defined by the fao as land under temporary crops doublecropped areas are counted once, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Falling percapita farmland raises critical questions darrin qualman. The minimum per capita land use, a u i, for nonagricultural purposes varies among countries. Please tell me if there is an error or something that should be changed in my quizzes. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Arable land loss is estimated at 30 to 35 times the historical rate due to drought and desertification, 12 million hectares are lost each year 23 hectares per minute. Agricultural area per capita worldwide, 2015 statista. Ghg emissions by 30 percent by 2030just over 12 years from now. That is an area roughly equal to the inbounds playing area of a us football field. There may be damage to the hydrological functions t he projected increase in world population betw een 2000 and 2030 is some 2.

Graph of per capita farmland arable land, global, 1950 to 2050. Food and agriculture organization, electronic files and web site. How much of the worlds land would we need in order to feed the. Region total land affected million ha percentage of region degraded. Growing global population figures and percapita incomes imply an. As populations continue rising, per capita farmland area is falling. Forests, desertification and biodiversity united nations. Arable land in use, cropping intensities and harvested land. Arable land is the land under temporary agricultural crops multiplecropped areas are counted only once, temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added % of gdp arable land % of land area arable land hectares per person cereal yield kg per hectare crop production index 20042006 100 employment in agriculture, female % of female employment modeled ilo estimate.

Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics 2018 edition european. This book describes the construction, the quantitative and qualitative analysis process. This statistic shows areas of arable land worldwide by country group, comparing the years 1961, 1991 and 2007. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term often has a more precise definition. Livestock takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land, yet produces less. This paper is a remake of chapters of the interim report world agriculture. However, the per capita arable land area will decline by 20500. Population living in countries with given per capita food consumption. Arable land is defined by the fao as land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. In addition, this new paper includes a chapter 4 on production factors land, water, yields, fertilizers. Share of major food items in total calorie intake per capita. World agriculture towards 20302050 food and agriculture.

A study on the arable land demand for food security in china mdpi. Type in the countries with the most arable land per 1,000 people. The world has lost a third of its arable land due to erosion or pollution in the past 40 years, with potentially disastrous consequences as global demand for food soars, scientists have warned. There is much less scope for increasing cultivated land area of the world. Agricultural land area per capita, measured in hectares per person. Falling percapita farmland raises critical questions. As we get richer, our diets tend to diversify and per capita meat. This means that some 20 percent of the land with irrigation potential not yet equipped at present will be brought under irrigation, and that 60 percent of all land with irrigation potential 403 million ha would be in use by 2030. This statistic shows the agricultural area per capita worldwide from 1960 to 2025. Future arable land requirement of pig production in china. Simultaneously, per capita arable land area has decreased from 0. This video will show the per capita arable land rankings of the top 15 countries in the world. This report is an introductory article of the book sustainable agriculture.