"[[South Asia]] uses the same amount of land for cereal production as it did in 1980, but its **yields have increased by nearly 150% from just 1.4 tonnes to 3.4 tonnes per hectare**. In [[Africa]], yield improvements have been small – they’ve increased by just 30% (rising from 1.1. to 1.5 tonnes per hectare). To make up for these poor yields it has to use a lot more farmland. ([Location 2311](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=2311))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[fertilisers]], [[food-production]], [[deforrestation]], [[cereals]], [[statistics]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]