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protomolecule
1185 days ago
Well, yes, it got down, but only from 12 mln to 5.5 mln people in agriculture.
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pixl97
1185 days ago
Agriculture is still automating and the population has increased what, 4x since then
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protomolecule
1185 days ago
The US population increased about 15x in that period and one of the major reasons for that is the increase of productivity in agriculture [0]. Higher productivity created more demand.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
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