cropland

In Kyuerelyakh, Kirillovich and Nikolaevna lost their croplands to the fires despite their best efforts to hold back the flames, leaving them with only a few bales of hay to feed their 26 cattle through the coming winter.

By 2050, to feed a growing population, croplands will have to increase by 26 percent, an area the size of India, researchers estimate.

Last November, back-to-back hurricanes pummeled millions of people across the region, destroying infrastructure and cropland, and leveling thousands of homes.

That’s been enough to convince a lot of farmers not to develop marginal croplands, but it only amounts to about 10 percent of the per-acre revenue that’s possible with high-yield practices.

By 2050, the world’s 13 million square kilometers of cropland would need to increase by 26 percent, the team found.

They recollect that there's 40 million acres of cropland in Canada—250 million bushels of wheat to move.