World Map Showing Where The Farmland Is Located

It is sometimes hard to think in a gloal mindset. If you live in the city and travel out to the country, you very well could think farmland is endless. We discovered this map that might make you think otherwise. 

Only about 12% of the land arond the globe is used for growing crops. This map will give you an idea where it is at.

FAO's new database includes 11 global land cover layers: artificial surfaces (which cover 0.6% of the Earth's surface); bare soils (15.2%); croplands (12.6%); grasslands (13.0%); herbaceous vegetation (1.3%); inland water bodies (2.6%); mangroves (0.1%); shrub-covered areas (9.5%); snow and glaciers (9.7%); sparse vegetation (7.7%); and tree-covered areas (27.7%).