Global Agricultural Land Use v. Agricultural Production [OC]Submitted by rosetechnology t3_xvgmuw in dataisbeautiful
Capable-Obligation57 t1_ir11qp8 wrote
Imo it should be land use vs production amount, not production value. This makes it seem like there’s more produced on less land when in fact it just shows the increase in its value
[deleted] t1_ir13nzo wrote
A famine due to a crop failure might show as peak production (value)
rachel_tenshun t1_ir202x1 wrote
Or, say the 1st and 3rd largest distributors of grain are engaged in a disastrous war, trigging a global food crisis.
IllustriousAd5963 t1_ir37593 wrote
something about this sounds vaguely familiar 🤔
johnnyringo1985 t1_ir2q5gj wrote
Or it would neglect the more land-intensive production of organic foods, cage free eggs, etc that require more land but produce more value for consumers seeking those statuses.
[deleted] t1_ir4vjcs wrote
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Potato_Octopi t1_ir1aznc wrote
Sure, but that's probably not an easy index to compile. Different crops will yield different volume or weight per acre.
Yrrebnot t1_ir1r3vq wrote
You can do it by calorie.
Potato_Octopi t1_ir1soi5 wrote
Different crops, different calorie by area too.
codybevans t1_ir2ppd8 wrote
That wouldn’t really work. An acre of rice has something like 4 times the calories of an acre of wheat.
jrad18 t1_ir3pvtw wrote
Yeah but that would be an interesting comparison, it would show an improvement in the effectiveness of land use
ProfitsOfProphets t1_ir4b7ts wrote
But only on that singular dimension. It doesn't take into consideration soil fertilization depletion, carbon sequestration, etc.
Kangna96 t1_ir4hc9j wrote
But what we have here is a chart which shows inflation and nothing else.
ProfitsOfProphets t1_ir8fta7 wrote
Oh, yeah. This chart definitely sucks.
raff7 t1_ir18k0z wrote
Although the value is in 2022 usd, so increased value caused by inflation is not a factor…
danielv123 t1_ir2flwj wrote
Crop price inflation does not equal CPI though.
compounding t1_ir3afgo wrote
Crop price inflation is pretty in line with the CPI, especially over time. So this is a reasonable estimate on the real change in value, but with some deviations at the individual points in time.
danielv123 t1_ir4de47 wrote
Huh, cool.
dtreth t1_ir72d3h wrote
This is my favorite Reddit interaction
tgwhite t1_ir2qyxo wrote
Should be hectares vs calories produced.
Packmanjones t1_ir4gx78 wrote
The two lines will diverge wildly. My grandpa had a trophy his father won for growing 83 bushel per acre corn. These days 280 might get you a trophy
Go_easy t1_ir3pfp1 wrote
I was going to say… I am a GIS analyst. I look at pictures of the earths surface everyday from as far back as I can find in many cases. There is no F’ing way we have reduced our farmland. Trust me, it has only expanded, thanks to modern tech like pivot irrigation.
Hipser t1_ir4jbb9 wrote
money doesn't matter when global warming is running away.
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