| Pasture represents basic feed resources for livestock worldwide and refers
to grasses, legumes and/or other herbage used or suitable for the grazing
of animals.
FAOSTAT divides the data between:
- Temporary meadows & pastures: Land cultivated for a period of
less than five years for growing herbaceous forage crops for mowing
or pasture. A period of less than 5 years is used to differentiate between
temporary and permanent meadows;
- Permanent meadows & pastures: Land used permanently for grazing
(five years or more) which includes herbaceous forage crops, either
cultivated or growing wild (wild shrubs, wild prairie or grazing land).
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