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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Under such a system of culture the soil was soon exhausted, the crop declined, and intensive agriculture (which aims at…

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Under such a system of culture the soil was soon exhausted, the crop declined, and intensive agriculture (which aims at high crops on a limited area) had soon to be resorted to.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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He warns that intensive agriculture became necessary due to soil exhaustion under previous farming systems.

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