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Didn't modern agriculture and crop rotations develop to avoid the whole.... soil unproductivity issue? Or is this a case of capitalism saying fuck it and forget
by cchance 2y ago
Didn't modern agriculture and crop rotations develop to avoid the whole.... soil unproductivity issue? Or is this a case of capitalism saying fuck it and forgetting all the research over the last 100 years and exploiting the soil into non-productivity.
- rlupi 2y agoModern agriculture enormously increased the amount of food we produce, but overexploitation and the choice of quantity over quality impoverished the outputs. We have more quantity of less nutritious food[1], more food waste, and we are driving the world fast toward the point where it can't sustain all of us, creating conflicts[2]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/why-modern-food-lost-its-nutrients/ https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/why-moder... [2] https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/food-wars-conflict-hunger-and-globalization/ https://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/food-wars-conflic... For more: https://www.agri-outlook.org/ https://www.agri-outlook.org/ https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-fao-agricultural-outlook-2024-2033_4c5d2cfb-en.html https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-fao-agricultural-o...