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| [[File:food-funnel.png|thumb|Farmers produce more than enough crops to [[feed the world]], but most of it isn't put to good use, and people still go hungry.<br /><br /><small>If resources were allocated differently, there '''would''' be enough food to go around (and also, less crop production would be needed).</small>]]
| | #REDIRECT [[Food land efficiency]] |
| ==Why==
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| Agriculture is the leading cause of [[deforestation]], because [[global land usage - status quo|agriculture uses the most land]]. To stop deforestation, we need to use less land, while still producing enough food for the world.
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| ==How==
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| * '''[[Stop food waste]]'''
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| * '''[[Make the food supply more plant-based]]'''
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| ** Plant-based helps a lot '''because:'''
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| **# [[Farm animals eat more food than they produce]].
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| **# While it's true that some land is only good for growing grass to raise animals, [[how much protein could ruminants produce without crops?|there's a limit to how much animal protein can be produced this way]].
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| **# While it's true that ruminants can eat [[crop residues]] that are too fibrous for humans to eat, there's a far more efficient way to convert this fiber into protein: [[growing mushrooms]].
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| * '''[[Improve crop yields]]''' (and not just in the short term!)
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| * '''[[Revitalize damaged farmland]]'''
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| For now, the main focus is on stopping existing deforestation. But in an even better case, some land could be [[rewilding|rewilded]] (i.e. [[reforestation|'''re'''forestation]]).
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Anti-deforestation policy]] - another key component to stopping deforestation.
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| * [[Where is most of the world's deforestation happening?]]
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