Harvests and Farmland: Unyielding
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Harvests and Farmland: Unyielding
The Economist magazine highlights research that suggests farmland yields have peaked.
[CAF Note: On the contrary, demonizing the likes of Monsanto is a very good idea.]
By The Economist
SOME of the world’s most significant problems never intrude upon headlines. They make themselves felt indirectly, if at all. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news; so, occasionally, do land grabs in developing countries or arguments over genetically modified foods. But the trend that underlies and helps explain these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline, sometimes reversal, in the growth in yields of some of the world’s staple crops. All the more reason to welcome a new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal, which looks in some detail at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.
