Re:How Growers Gamed California’s Drought
by CalRobert on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @08:27AM
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Surely you know a claim like that should include some citation.
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There was a good article I read awhile back (which was more global rather than limited to a specific nation) but I can't seem to find it now - nevertheless for example (random google search, an article about Mongolia (source: USDA; ref: http://bit.ly/1MD20ZN):
About 80 percent of agricultural production is animal-based while the remaining 20 percent mostly comes from field crops, mostly wheat. Only about 1 percent (1.35 million hectares) of total land is suitable for crops