How to quickly ramp up wheat production world-wide?

The world just lost 20% or more of its wheat production.

How can we pick up production slack in the rest of the world, as quickly as possible, to cushion price increases in the developed world, and prevent starvation in developing countries?

A lot of land is fallow now, due to either political incentives (EU regulations) or due to increased cost of seed and fertilizer.

The window of opportunity is closing fast, summer is approaching.

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gostsamo 4y ago ↗

This is not a qubernetes cluster. You don't need just land, you need tractors, storage facilities, and transportation network. On the positive side, look at India. They were preparing for increasing their export and might fill in some of the demand this year.

h2odragon 4y ago ↗

Want more wheat this year? Plant more wheat last summer.

Its not just "go put seeds down" either; a feild that's been fallow (and not taken over by trees) probably needs a year under soybeans or clover before you put wheat on it.

I've been observing local fields that have been unused for decades in some cases, but coming back into cultivation the last few years. There's more to it than "mow down the saplings and plant commercial seed." They do dirtwork for drainage and access, they've got at least one or two years of low or no yield cover crops while the "wild" seed dies back, etc.