There is no “required” amount. More gets produced using the same area, using more people, but keeping these people in poverty because productivity per capita do

There is no “required” amount. More gets produced using the same area, using more people, but keeping these people in poverty because productivity per capita doesn’t increase. Instead the gains from the increased volume of production get captured by an elite. See https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41257-019-0021-y https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41257-019-0021-y.