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Re:How the West Was Lost: In America’s First Climate War by goatlover on Sunday September 30, 2018 @05:34PM (#18108553)
Africa has a lot of arable land that's uncultivated. So I'm not sure the Malthusians are right this time about crop productivity increases worldwide. Google tells me there are 600 million hectares in Africa, which is 60% of the world's total. That's a lot of potential food. Also, much of exiting agriculture in Africa is inefficient, and could be increased.
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Re:How the West Was Lost: In America’s First Climate War by GreeniFi on Sunday September 30, 2018 @07:50PM (#18109109)
Much of Africa’s soils have only 20 years of harvests left.

This paper, by the British Warren Buffet, explains the problem and is well worth the read if you have the time. It’s well-written so not as daunting as it’s length otherwise makes it look.

https://www.gmo.com/docs/default-source/research-and-comment...

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