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How has the German agriculture developed?
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2 years ago
Agriculture has developed tremendously. While one farmer in Germany fed 10 people in the 1950s, that number today is 150. Everyone could be fed. But a lot still needs to be done in terms of the environment, climate and animal welfare.
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How did agriculture develop?
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Feeding chickens, milking cows, harvesting wheat.
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Without agriculture, about 8 billion or so people on Earth
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would have no livelihood.
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And almost a billion people, 30% of the working population,
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are out of a job.
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That's how many are full-time farmers.
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And they use around a third of the Earth's total land
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area for livestock, farming, and agriculture.
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Efficiency has increased enormously.
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In the early days, thousands of years ago,
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agriculture yielded even less than hunting and gathering.
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This changed mainly due to technical progress,
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better seeds, more efficient fertilizers, pesticides,
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and ever larger and more modern machines.
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This allowed farmers to cultivate more arable land,
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keep more livestock, and specialize their farms.
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In Germany, for example, one farmer
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could feed 10 people in the early 1950s.
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Today, one farmer feeds almost 150 people.
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Wheat yields per hectare are almost three times higher.
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Whereas a hen used to lay 30 eggs a year,
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today's breeds can lay over 300.
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One thing is clear.
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So much is produced that everyone
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could have enough to eat.
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But it is also clear that global agriculture must become
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more environmentally, animal, and climate friendly.
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If you add land consumption and deforestation,
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it is responsible for around 30% of the greenhouse effect.
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And in the end, the climate change we are contributing to
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will also reduce agricultural yields.
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