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{
    "link": "http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data",
    "retrievedDate": "3rd February 2021",
    "additionalInfo": "Our World in Data have calculated per capita agricultural land, pasture and cropland use based on land use and population data published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This data is available at its statistical database: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data\n\nWe have calculated per capita figures for the three land use metrics: \"Agricultural land\", \"Cropland\" and \"Permanent meadows and pastures\". To do so we divided these metrics by the 'Total population \u2013 both sexes\" metric in the FAO Statistical Database.\n\nThe UN FAO define these three land use categories as the following:\n\n1. Agricultural land: Land used for cultivation of crops and animal husbandry. The total of areas under ''Cropland'' and ''Permanent meadows and pastures.''\n\n2. Cropland: \"Land used for cultivation of crops. The total of areas under ''Arable land'' and ''Permanent crops''.\"\n\n3. Land under permanent meadows and pastures: \"Land used permanently (five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops through cultivation or naturally (wild prairie or grazing land). Permanent meadows and pastures on which trees and shrubs are grown should be recorded under this heading only if the growing of forage crops is the most important use of the area. Measures may be taken to keep or increase productivity of the land (i.e., use of fertilizers, mowing or systematic grazing by domestic animals.) This class includes: \u2022 Grazing in wooded areas (agroforestry areas, for example) \u2022 Grazing in shrubby zones (heath, maquis, garigue) \u2022 Grassland in the plain or low mountain areas used for grazing: land crossed during transhumance where the animals spend a part of the year (approximately 100 days) without returning to the holding in the evening: mountain and subalpine meadows and similar; and steppes and dry meadows used for pasture.\"",
    "dataPublishedBy": "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO)"
}