> which means less land is used by farming, and more land can be maintained, or returned from ag use for ecological restoration.
I don't think this happens often in practice. Improvements in efficiency often have the paradoxical effect of increasing resource utilization. This is known as Jevons Paradox [0], and it's been observed in many real world situations.
I don't think this happens often in practice. Improvements in efficiency often have the paradoxical effect of increasing resource utilization. This is known as Jevons Paradox [0], and it's been observed in many real world situations.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox