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So we need to make up 30% of grain in the world. Surely 30 countries can produce 1% more grain than they usually do to make up the deficit.
by leke 5y ago
So we need to make up 30% of grain in the world. Surely 30 countries can produce 1% more grain than they usually do to make up the deficit.
- athinggoingon 5y agoThe problem is that Russia and Ukraine make up significant amounts of nitrogen fertilizer production.
- ggus 5y agoPercent math doesn't work that way. Every country should produce an additional 1% of the whole world total. Very different from 1% of what they usually do, which is a fragment of the total.
- sulZ 5y agoThey'd need to produce 1% more grain as compared to the world's output, not their own output. This could be a significant increase.
- freemint 5y agoThat's not how math works. They wouldn't need to produce 1% more 30 countires would need to produce 1% of world production in addition to their current produce. In other words the countries producing the other 70% each would need to 42+% more to make up the missing 30%.