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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by dhruvrrp on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:35PM (#25780219)
There is a cutoff where small farmlands are not sustainable or economical. Small farms means that the overhead for the produce is too high, and they require extensive subsidies to stay afloat.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jelliclesfarm on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:47PM (#25780409)
Not if we bring tech and automation to small farms.

Outside of the USA, small farm holdings feed the citizens. It is even more important for them to avail new tech and labour cost saving automation.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by dhruvrrp on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:42PM (#25781347)
That is not completely true. In EU more than 40% small farmers consumed more than half their produce.

In India heavily subsidizes farming as well, for good reason since a significant portion of the population is employed in the agricultural sector.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by jelliclesfarm on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:18PM (#25781904)
What is ‘not completely true’?
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