The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture

Maps and graphs

 

Selected graphs

Evolution of land under irrigated and rainfed cropping

Distribution of aid for land and water by region

 

 

Water productivity for selected crops

Trends in fertilizer use

 

Schematic overview of risks associated with main agricultural production systems

 


Selected maps

Major agricultural systems

Area equipped for irrigation as a percentage of land area

 

Global distribution of physical water scarcity by major river basin

Distribution of poor population in developing

countries, based on stunting among children

 

 

Agricultural systems at risk: human pressure on land and water

Yield gap for a combination of major crops

 

 

Proportion of land salinized due to irrigation



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The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map(s) do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.