Assess and package all
the data on the acreages.
«We don't have anything close to real
data on the acreage being treated,» Vincelli said.
Not exact matches
Drawing
on a host of
data sets, the authors conclude that a combination of slowing population growth, moderated demand for land - intensive food (meat, for instance) and more efficient farming methods have resulted in a substantial «decoupling» of
acreage and human appetites.
The USDA / NASS studies tracked harvested acres without differentiating between irrigated and non-irrigated
acreage; it gathered
data on planted vs. harvested acres for some crops but not others; it did not account for systems in which «baby vegetable» crops (usually organic) are grown in short rotations
on the same plot (such as spinach, lettuce, and carrots) and thus have lower yields; and it omitted some
data that would have revealed too much information about individual farmers, in cases where very few growers produce a particular crop.
Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, compiled
data from 1926 - 2017 showing that the
acreage burned by U.S. wildfires has dropped fourfold since peaking in the 1930s, which was posted
on the skeptics» website Climate Depot.