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But new jobs appeared right? > the efficiencies of farming made their plots generate too little crop to support a family That makes no sense
by elchief 11y ago
But new jobs appeared right?
> the efficiencies of farming made their plots generate too little crop to support a family
That makes no sense
- zanny 11y agoThey made the same or more crop, but the market value of crops dropped through the floor during the green revolution and made it require way more scale to make a profit off agriculture. So they would have needed a much greater quantity of crop yield to make the same relative income, and most family farms were not big enough to support it (and the farmers didn't have the savings to afford equipment).