OTOH how many offspring will you manage to have without these techniques? Probably a lot fewer. Corn yields have gone up 10 fold over the past 100 years. If we

OTOH how many offspring will you manage to have without these techniques? Probably a lot fewer. Corn yields have gone up 10 fold over the past 100 years. If we use that as proxy for other crops, then the population would be literally decimated (reduced to 1/10th). Assuming no exports and other things that are certainly at play here of course. https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/newsletters/pestandcrop/article/historical-corn-grain-yields-in-the-u-s/ https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/newsletters/pestandcrop/ar...