The share of land area used for permanent meadows and pastures, measured as the percentage of total land area, 1961-2014. Permanent meadows and pastures is defined by the FAO as: "the land used permanently (five years or more) to grow herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land)."
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