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Land is a key input into agricultural production and the agricultural sector remains the main user of rural land in most OECD countries. How land is managed in agriculture, and the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses, are likely to have implications not only for the provision of food, but also for the supply of public goods such as rural amenities, as well as for the quantity and quality of water.
Irrigated farmland lost ground to large new urban increases as the California Dept. of Conservation's Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program conducted its 1998 biennial land use inventory. This inventory of agricultural and urban land use covers 44.1 million acres of the state's private and public land. The inventory covers 48 counties, 46 of which have modern soil surveys, and represents approximately 90% of the agricultural land in the state. Chapters: summary and analysis; important and interim farmland tables; regional conversion summary 1996-1998 and 1998 regional acreage summary; farmland of local importance definitions. Charts, tables and maps, some in color.