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I see that other commenters have already addressed this but the issue here is a confusion of timelines. The farming you are referring to is a caricature of firs

I see that other commenters have already addressed this but the issue here is a confusion of timelines. The farming you are referring to is a caricature of first generation Green Revolution farming. Farming techniques being adopted today are designed to preserve soil, and to minimise water use. Biodiversity is not as much of a focus, that is true.

bryanlarsen 7y ago
> Biodiversity is not as much of a focus, that is true. Not yet, but it's coming, for a couple of reasons: - biodiversity helps soil health and disease resistance - bi-cropping potentially means the ability to harvest two different crops from the same field without significantly impacting the yield of the primary. Twice the gross per acre is a pretty big incentive for adoption.