How High-Yield Farming Saves Nature |
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Authors: | Dennis T. Avery |
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Affiliation: | (1) Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, USA;(2) Center for Global Food Issues, Churchville, VA, USA |
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Abstract: | High-yield farming—more agricultural output per acre of farmland—has been a boon to mankind and to nature. If today’s agricultural efficiency was the same as in the 1950s, the world would need three times the cropland to produce today’s food supply. That would mean that 15-16 million mi2 of forest would have been destroyed—all the global forest area available today. Rising population and increased affluence will require a tripling of agricultural efficiency in the next 50 years if we are to protect wildlife at the same time. More investment in agricultural research and education will be required, but this is what produced the previous green revolution. |
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Keywords: | High-yield farming Agricultural research Biodiversity |
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