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Land as a resource An opportunity to gain ground. 24 November 2014. Distribution of agricultural land (Grain, 2014). Produced but uneaten food uses up almost 1.4 billion hectares of land close to 30% of the world ’ s agricultural land area.
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Land as a resourceAn opportunity to gain ground 24 November 2014
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
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
“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
The EU is a net "importer" of land embedded into imported products http://ec.europa.eu/environment/land_use/index_en.htm
Thank you www.slowfood.com www.slowfood.com/sloweurope m.messa@slowfood.it