Arable land rent price, rent proportion, and soil quality in Germany, at district level

Property rights play a decisive role in the target-oriented governance of soil protection within agricultural systems. The data set contains information on arable land rent prices, rent proportion and yield potential, as an indicator for soil quality, at the district level in Germany based on the main survey of the 2010 agricultural census. Data of arable land yiel potential was processed with the aim to spatially visualize the linkage and distribution in combination with arable land rent proportion and rent price. In the publication (Daedlow et al. 2018, https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082880), for which this data set was developed, the three parameters were examined for correlations and discussed with theoretical assumptions. Finally, conclusions regarding the sustainable use of soils depending on different property rights conditions were drawn.