Of the total area that is used by humans (Agriculture, Urban and Built-up Land),

  • urban and built-up land is 1m km²,
  • agriculture is 48m km²,

so agriculture is 48 of 49 millions km² used, that's 98%. The remaining 2% are all streets and housing and other infrastructure together.

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago

Animal food use should be pulled back a lot. But let's also concentrate on how much of agriculture area is used for non-food.

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