Global Field Landshut

Aerial view of the Global Field in Landshut-Schönbrunn, Lower Bavaria, taken on August 11, 2026.  

How much arable land would actually be available to every single person if the world's available cropland were divided fairly among all people? It would be only 2,000 m² per person!

A "Global Field" serves as an exemplary representation of this area. The currently most important crops are grown on this plot, scaled to their actual global cultivation area. The field makes it easy for us to understand just how small this space really is, where everything a person needs for life must grow: food, animal feed, cotton for clothing, energy sources (biodiesel and biogas), and even tobacco. And it quickly becomes clear just how much more of it we, in the wealthy Western part of the world, claim for ourselves.