id,name,description,createdAt,updatedAt,datasetId,additionalInfo,link,dataPublishedBy
2837,"Projections of peak agricultural land - FAO (2006), OECD (2012), MEA (2005)","{""link"": null, ""retrievedDate"": null, ""additionalInfo"": ""This dataset combines actual reported trends in global agricultural land area from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization from 1961-2014, with future projections from various sources.\n\nData for the period 1961-2014 is based on the metric \""Agricultural land\"" from the FAO Database. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL [accessed 22nd August 2017].\n\nAgricultural land includes arable land, permanent crops and meadows and pasture land.\n\nProjections to 2050 are based on those reported in OECD (2012) – OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/environment/indicators-modelling-outlooks/oecdenvironmentaloutlookto2050theconsequencesofinaction.htm [accessed 22nd August 2017].\n\nThe original sources for these projections are as follows:\n\nFAO/IMAGE = FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organisation) (2006), World Agriculture Towards 2030/2050, FAO, Rome.\n\nIAASTD = International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (2009). Global report, Island Press, Washington, DC.\n\nMEA = Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), Synthesis report, Island Press, Washington, DC."", ""dataPublishedBy"": ""Projections of peak agricultural land - FAO (2006), OECD (2012), MEA (2005)"", ""dataPublisherSource"": null}",2017-08-22 14:11:12,2017-11-02 13:04:39,677,"This dataset combines actual reported trends in global agricultural land area from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization from 1961-2014, with future projections from various sources.

Data for the period 1961-2014 is based on the metric ""Agricultural land"" from the FAO Database. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL [accessed 22nd August 2017].

Agricultural land includes arable land, permanent crops and meadows and pasture land.

Projections to 2050 are based on those reported in OECD (2012) – OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/environment/indicators-modelling-outlooks/oecdenvironmentaloutlookto2050theconsequencesofinaction.htm [accessed 22nd August 2017].

The original sources for these projections are as follows:

FAO/IMAGE = FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organisation) (2006), World Agriculture Towards 2030/2050, FAO, Rome.

IAASTD = International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (2009). Global report, Island Press, Washington, DC.

MEA = Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005), Synthesis report, Island Press, Washington, DC.",,"Projections of peak agricultural land - FAO (2006), OECD (2012), MEA (2005)"