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About 27% of the world still works in agriculture, as of 2019 - the vast majority as subsistence farmers - down from 44% of the world as of 1990 [1]. That's ove
by akiselev 5y ago
About 27% of the world still works in agriculture, as of 2019 - the vast majority as subsistence farmers - down from 44% of the world as of 1990 [1]. That's over 200 million people that just began the transition from pre-industrial agriculture to a modern market based economy. Modern technology is so unevenly distributed that over two billion people are still fed without the benefit of industrialized farming.
I think you're vastly underestimating how much work there is left to do.
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.AGR.EMPL.ZS
- JoeAltmaier 5y agoWell, down from 80% farmers in the Middle Ages. So we've come a long way.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoYou're right. I was thinking about the technological frontier. In terms of improving the average or the floor, rather than the ceiling, we've got our work cut out.