{"id": 1290382, "name": "Projected cropland under the Towards Sustainability scenario", "unit": "hectares", "createdAt": "2026-07-10T10:49:31.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-07-30T01:50:46.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2030-2050", "datasetId": 8038, "shortUnit": "ha", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "cropland_towards_sustainability", "catalogPath": "grapher/agriculture/2026-07-03/cropland_projections/cropland_projections#cropland_towards_sustainability", "descriptionShort": "Projected area of land used to grow crops, under FAO's \"Towards Sustainability\" scenario, where food and agriculture systems shift towards more sustainable practices.", "descriptionProcessing": "- Values correspond to the world totals published in Table 4.12 of the report, converted from million hectares to hectares.\n- The projections start from a 2012 base year (1,567 million hectares, shared by the three scenarios), which is not shown in charts, to avoid overlapping with the observed data.", "type": "int", "dataChecksum": "18132539189658731563", "metadataChecksum": "-4683453800772529093", "datasetName": "Cropland projections to 2050", "updatePeriodDays": 0, "datasetVersion": "2026-07-03", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "hectares", "shortUnit": "ha", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Land Use"]}, "descriptionKey": "- Cropland \u2014 called \"arable land\" in the source \u2014 is the physical area used to grow crops, including both temporary and permanent crops.\n- Projections are based on simulations with FAO's Global Agriculture Perspectives System (GAPS) model, starting from a 2012 base year.\n- In the Towards Sustainability scenario, more inclusive societies and more resource-efficient food production systems ensure universal progress towards Sustainable Development Goal targets. Food is mostly produced with environmentally sustainable methods, and greenhouse gas emissions are drastically reduced.", "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2030}, {"id": 2050}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 15702, "titleSnapshot": "The future of food and agriculture - Alternative pathways to 2050 - Arable land", "title": "The future of food and agriculture - Alternative pathways to 2050", "descriptionSnapshot": "World totals of arable land, transcribed from Table 4.12 of the report, including a historical value (1970), the base year of the projections (2012), and projections (2030 and 2050) under each of the three scenarios.", "description": "FAO's Global Perspectives Studies report \"The future of food and agriculture - Alternative pathways to 2050\" explores three scenarios of global food and agriculture up to 2050, based on simulations with the FAO Global Agriculture Perspectives System (GAPS) model:\n- Business As Usual (BAU): a continuation of historical trends.\n- Towards Sustainability (TSS): a shift towards more sustainable food systems.\n- Stratified Societies (SSS): a future of increased inequality.", "producer": "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations", "citationFull": "FAO. 2018. The future of food and agriculture - Alternative pathways to 2050. Rome. 224 pp.", "attributionShort": "FAO", "urlMain": "https://www.fao.org/global-perspectives-studies/resources/detail/en/c/1157074/", "dateAccessed": "2026-07-03", "datePublished": "2018", "license": {"url": "https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/I8429EN", "name": "CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO"}}]}