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. 2007 Aug 31;363(1492):893–904. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2190

Table 2.

Prediction of China's cultivated land in 2001–2050 (unit: Mha).

year 2001–2010 2011–2020 2021–2030 2031–2040 2041–2050
reclamation 2.026 1.877 1.137 0.557 0.267
sources of supplement consolidation 1.784 1.233 1.143 1.053 1.328
abandoned land recultivation 44.7 79.2 103.7 112.7 107.2
grain for green project −14.667
sources of loss construction land −2.023 −1.635 −0.948 −0.890 −0.741
agricultural structure adjustment −1.839 −0.904
natural hazards −0.648 −0.523 −0.460 −0.432 −0.423
change of cultivated land −14.920 0.840 1.909 1.415 1.503
total cultivated land 113.313 114.153 116.062 117.477 118.980
per capita (ha) 0.083 0.079 0.079 0.081 0.085