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The point is it's not diminishing returns or "not helping", approaching some maximum efficiency, but rather it is negative returns. Even before you get to the p
by cplease 12y ago
The point is it's not diminishing returns or "not helping", approaching some maximum efficiency,
but rather it is negative returns. Even before you get to the point of squeezing out maximum yield, more farmers
are going to eat up all the net yield they contribute and then some.
Subsistence farming has not historically been a great lifestyle.
- msandford 12y agoRight, but in the US the average farming ratio is 0.001 farmers per acre. Going to 0.03 farmers per acre is a 30x increase in "labor intensity" but may well be below negative returns.
- cplease 12y agoThat number doesn't count migrant workers, which would grossly inflate the US average. Also, the US average is not typical.