Crop choices: Difference between revisions

One way to increase [[crop yields]] is to simply ''grow different crops''. Food production could be ''doubled'' this way (without [[deforestation|increasing farm land]]), although food ''quality'' may suffer a bit. People would have to get used to different foods, but a nutritionally balanced diet is still easily achieveable.

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===Ranked by calories and protein===

This uses a ''weighted'' ranking system, where 50 grams of protein is considered to have equal ''value'' to 2000 [[Term:kalories|kalories]].

====Best calorie crop + best protein crop====

Calorie and protein crops are known to [[companion planting|help each other grow]]. Let's see what happens if every country devoted all of its farmland to just 2 top crops:

Some crops, such as peanuts, yield a generous amount of protein and calories, but don't ''excel'' at either one. They may have been missed in the above analysis. Let's see what happens if every country devoted all of its farmland to just 1 top crop:

If the end result doesn't give a good balance of protein and calories, it might be worth trying crops top ranked by different [[#Ranked by calories and protein|weightings]].

Let's be honest: No one wants to live their lives eating just 1 food. So here's a scenario that preserves a bit more '''variety''': Each crop gets an amount of land ''proportional'' to its yield. {{x|In other words, a crop with twice the yield gets twice as much land (which would cause its production to be 4 times higher). You get a little bit of every food, but in a way that favors high-yielding ones.}}

 

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