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Peaking farmland: global arable and permanent crop area and Ausubel (2013) projections of peak farmland

Global area used for arable and permanent crops from 1961-2014 based on UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) data, measured in hectares. Ausubel et al.
(2013) projected peak farmland in 2009, with a 0.2 percent reduction in farmland area per year to 2060; this projection is also shown.

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