arable land
Let an agent explain arable land and its definition in agricultural statistics, describe its distribution, use and threats, relay data from statistical agencies, and support agriculture, geography and policy questions.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain arable land and its definition in agricultural statistics, describe its distribution, use and threats, relay data from statistical agencies, and support agriculture, geography and policy questions.
Land that is ploughed or tilled and used to grow crops, including temporary crops, temporary meadows and land temporarily fallow, as distinct from permanent crops, permanent pasture and forest, measured by agricultural statistics as a key indicator of food production capacity, and threatened by urbanisation, erosion, salinisation and climate change; arable land is unevenly distributed across the world and is managed through soil conservation and land use policy.
What it is for: Land tilled for crops.
It can be explain the definition; describe distribution and threats; relay data; support policy questions.
Distinguishing features
Tilled
Temporary crops
Statistical category
Finite resource
What it looks like
Ploughed fields and cropland.
How it is recognised
Land under temporary crops and fallow
Ploughland, cropland
Permanent pasture and orchards are agricultural but not arable; forest is separate
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a crop grown on arable land
is related to - inputs used on arable land
is related to - land as an economic input
In practice
Families and kinds
land under temporary crops
temporary meadows and fallow
irrigated arable land
rainfed arable land
arable land converted from other uses
Standards and regulation
Statistical definitions of land use
Land use planning and protection laws
Soil conservation regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Loss to urbanisation and degradation
Confusing arable with all agricultural land
Outdated statistics
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What arable land is.
Agriculture.
Concept
Definition.
Concept
Concept.
- What counts as arable land in agricultural statistics, and how does it differ from permanent crops and pasture? definition
- Which definition or country is meant? boundary
Distribution
Distribution.
Distribution
Distribution.
- How is arable land distributed across the world, and how much exists per person, according to statistical agencies? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Manage Use and management.
Practice.
Use
Cropping and management.
Use
Use.
- How is arable land managed through rotation, tillage, irrigation and soil conservation? provenance
- Which entry fits soil management? action
Threats
Threats.
Threats
Threats.
- How do urbanisation, erosion, salinisation and climate change threaten arable land? provenance
- Which entry fits land degradation? action
Policy Policy and economics.
Attribution.
Policy
Land policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How do countries protect arable land, and what debates exist about land use and food security, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Economics
Land economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How is arable land valued, owned and traded, and what issues arise from large-scale acquisitions? provenance
- Which entry fits land tenure? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has arable land expanded and changed through agricultural history? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can arable land be taught in geography? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should soil degradation be a separate entry?
- How should statistical databases be linked?
- How should land policy sources be linked?