> Producing more crops in less land is not really more "efficient" I'm open to different definitions of efficiency, but this isn't really in question. HOW they

> Producing more crops in less land is not really more "efficient" I'm open to different definitions of efficiency, but this isn't really in question. HOW they are getting that efficiency (more fertilizer, etc.) we can agree/disagree. But they are more efficient in the most basic sense possible [more production, less land].