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In other words, nearly three acres of the cultivable area are required to grow the food for each person.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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gutenberg.orgPetr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “In other words, nearly three acres of the cultivable area are required to grow the food for each person.”
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Kropotkin highlights the land requirements for food production, illustrating the inefficiency of British agriculture.
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