It is one of these paradoxes. Yes, the older techniques can IF done right match or even exceed calories per acre. But that is in ideal conditions. You could sca

It is one of these paradoxes. Yes, the older techniques can IF done right match or even exceed calories per acre. But that is in ideal conditions. You could scale this up provided you want 25%-50% of the population working farming, that is not going to happen voluntarily. In most normal conditions, large scale agro needs large scale solutions and unfortunately Glyphosate is but one of these tools to get that scale up.