Problem
Unused land
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Underutilization of landUndiversified land use
Incidence:
Since the 1970s, the FAO has been assessing the actual and potential areas of cultivated land in 117 developing countries to see which are or could become self-sufficient in food. There are some 2 500 million hectares of land in these countries that could be cultivated, of which about 760 million hectares are already under cultivation. By the year 2000, the FAO estimated that 64 countries would be facing a critical situation and, using traditional subsistence agriculture, 38 of these would be unable to support even half their projected populations (FAO 1995). Broader Problems:
Land misuseWaste of resourcesInsufficient use of natural resourcesUnderdeveloped potential of community basic resources Narrower Problems:
Frozen groundIdle private landUnirrigated islandsDerelict industrial wastelandsDeliberately unused farm fields Related Problems:
Excessive land usage Strategies:
Analysing land cover changeDeveloping sustainable land use policyEmploying unused landClearing unused landUtilizing available land resourcesDeveloping unused grassland pasturesUtilizing landDiversifying land useReducing resource underuseUsing unused natural resourcesFarming Subject(s):
Geography → Land type/useEconomics → Resource utilization
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
19.06.2018 – 20:44 CEST