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Land as a resource An opportunity to gain ground

Explore the distribution of agricultural land and the impact of food wastage on natural resources. Learn about small farms' productivity advantages, the EU's land imports, and the potential to feed a larger global population sustainably.

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Land as a resource An opportunity to gain ground

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  1. Land as a resourceAn opportunity to gain ground 24 November 2014

  2. Distribution of agricultural land (Grain, 2014)

  3. Produced but uneaten food uses up almost 1.4 billion hectares of landclose to 30% of the world’s agricultural land area FAO. 2013. Foodwastagefootprint, Impacts on Natural resources, Summary report. Roma

  4. There is enough food in the worldfor 12 billion peopletwice the current population and 1/3 more than the peak of 9 billion expected to be reached in 2050 UN World FoodProgramme

  5. “The productivity paradox” In 20 EU countries, higher rate of production per ha in small farms than on large farmsIn 9 EU countries, productivity of small farms is at least twice that of big farmsIn the 7 countries where large farms have higher productivity, it is only slightly higher than that of small farms Grain 2014 – "Large farms in Europe", Eurostat Statistics in Focus 18/2011

  6. The EU is a net "importer" of land embedded into imported products http://ec.europa.eu/environment/land_use/index_en.htm

  7. Thank you www.slowfood.com www.slowfood.com/sloweurope m.messa@slowfood.it

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