Japan has a population of 120,000,000 and very little arable land.
Only half the arable land was still open fields in 1700.
About 55% of the arable land area is used for rice production.
Almost 60% of the formerly arable land is not in use.
Because of their fast growing population, finding more arable land was a concern.
At present, 4 percent of the population owns half the arable land.
The area of arable land made up only 50 ha.
Arable lands make up less than 1% of the total district's area.
Food prices have increased a lot, due to a lack of arable land.
But their farms make up less than 10 percent of the region's arable land.
Wörterbuch für landwirtschaftliche Begriffe