Implementing new and basic irrigation technologies can increase the yields of most crops two-to-four fold and reduce water use 30 percent to 60 percent over surface irrigation.
Technological advances have led to auto-steering tracker that eliminates waste, overlapping and human error in plowing. These types of innovations have increased land yield productivity and essentially eliminated waste. (CNN Money, “Food for Thought”)
From 1930 to 2000 corn production increased by a factor of four, while planted acres decreased by 30 percent. (USDA Economic Research Service)
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