The agricultural land footprint is closely related to the agricultural material footprint and the calculated changes in import patterns to Germany. If there are shifts from one export region to another, the agricultural land footprint changes according to the conditions in the export regions.

The agricultural land footprint is also linked to the water footprint. Irrigation increases crop productivity (crop yield per hectare) on cultivated land. As a feedback, the area needed to meet the demand from Germany decreases. Thus, an increased water footprint reduces the agricultural land footprint (and vice versa).

The agricultural land footprint is also related to the climate footprint. Near-natural risk areas usually have a higher carbon content in biomass and soil than agriculturally used areas and a conversion of near-natural risk areas leads accordingly to a greenhouse gas release (analyses is still in progress).