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← The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes.

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Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. The claim that higher yields backfire andend up increasing farmland is much weakerthan the literature assumes. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do notspare land would push investmentaway from the thing that actuallyprotects wild habitat. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether higher yields spare land or take more of it depends on how open the market for the crop is, so staples spare land and globally traded crops often do not. — tap to centre the map on it Whether higher yields spare land ortake more of it depends on how openthe market for the crop is, sostaples spare land and globallytraded crops often do not. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it It is false that the world needs nomore food and only betterdistribution of the food it has. Last stated a year ago 13 Jul 2025 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Raising yields on land already farmed is what keeps farming from taking more of the wild world. — tap to centre the map on it Raising yields on land alreadyfarmed is what keeps farming fromtaking more of the wild world. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market economy rewards putting land under campsites and horse liveries rather than under food, and that is the wrong thing to reward. — tap to centre the map on it A market economy rewards puttingland under campsites and horseliveries rather than under food, andthat is the wrong thing to reward. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Dec 2023 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2023-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land. — tap to centre the map on it Local self-provisioning cannot feedthe world, because most people donot live within reach of enoughfertile land. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Oct 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The claim that passive investing has made markets less efficient is overwrought. — tap to centre the map on it The claim that passive investing hasmade markets less efficient isoverwrought. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 AD Aswath Damodaran — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated a month ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hybrid-electric airliner ends up heavier and more complex than the aircraft it replaces and delivers no fuel saving at all. — tap to centre the map on it A hybrid-electric airliner ends upheavier and more complex than theaircraft it replaces and delivers nofuel saving at all. Last stated 6 years ago 2 Apr 2021 BF Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Farm animal welfare tends to improvewhen an animal's stress directly andmeasurably reduces farmers' economicproductivity. Last stated 6 months ago 1 May 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. Last stated 13 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Linus Blomqvist Read this korrent →