Agricultural land

• In 1950 there were 5,600m2 of arable land per person, if present trends continue, by 2050, this might be reduced to only 1,500m2, due to population growth, urbanisation and reliance on soil-depleting agricultural methods. | Related Megatrends: Consumerism; Demography; Geopower; Urbanisation
• Approximately 20% of the Earth’s vegetated surface shows persistent declining trends in productivity, mainly as a result of land/water use and management practices. | Related Megatrends: Consumerism; Demography; Geopower; 
  Urbanisation; Climate and environment
• Globally, built-up areas grow faster than populations. Over the period 1990-2014, in the BRICS, population growth was 30%, while built up area grew at 67%; across the OECD, the ratios were half: 18% for population and 32% for built-up area growth respectively. | Related Megatrends: Consumerism; Demography; Geopower; 
  Urbanisation; Climate and environment
• Agriculture uses 11% of the world's land surface for crop production and 70% of all water withdrawn from aquifers, streams and lakes. [Climate and environment]
• Over the last 50 years, the world's cultivated area has grown by 12%, the global irrigated area has doubled (accounting for most of the net increase in cultivated land).| Related Megatrends: Consumerism; Geopower; Climate and environment 
• Property prices for both agricultural and attractive residential land are skyrocketing. | Related Megatrends: Geopower; Inequalities

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