The bar chart illustrates the total size of land used for 3 sectors( Agiculture(livestock), Agricutlture(crops) and Non-agricultural) in Asian nation in the year 2011. Units is measured in Million Hectares.
Overall, it can be seen that land used for crops. agriculture decreased, whereas that for non-agriculture increased over the period of the time. Further, uses of the land for livestock agriculture were consistently highest, and that for non-agricultural purpose were always the lowest .
Looking at the picture,total area of land used for crops Argicultural is nearly about 200 million hectares in 1950 , after 40 years, it decreased slightly and reached about 175 million hectares. The number continue to decline untill the end of the period in 2010 and and reached to about 160 million hectares.
On the other hand , approximately 25 milllion hectares land was used for non-agricultural purpose in 1950 and this number rose continuously and by the end of the period. about 75 million hectares land was used for non-agricultural purpose. Meanwhile ,for the livestock farming 75 million hectares land were occupied and this number stayed constant untill 1980 and grow slighty to 80 million hectares in 2010.
