Matt Ridley: ‘Between 1960 & 2020, Food yield per acre skyrocketed – ‘Had this not happened, pretty well every acre of forest, wetland & nature would have been cultivated or grazed’

Between 1960 and 2020, the acreage of land needed to produce a given quantity of food has declined by about 65%.

Had this not happened, pretty well every acre of forest, wetland and nature reserve in the world would have been cultivated or grazed: https://t.co/9dzAsSLvr2

— Matt Ridley (@mattwridley) August 11, 2020