Re: How many acres(!) we need for a family of five?

Regi Thomas (regi@hss.iitb.ernet.in)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:29:11 +0500 (GMT+0500)

> Date: 97-11-09 22:10:17 EST
> From: jgruv@wam.umd.edu (joel b gruver)
> To: Erorganic@AOL.COM
>
> eak: I get the most interesting replys. I meant 8 acres as the total for a
> family of 5. My numbers come from farming and feeding a family for 24 years.
> My answer was based on providing all the food, year round, vegetables,
> legumes, fruit, sweetner, grains, diary, eggs and meats for that family plus
> bettering the soil, structurally and fertility wise.

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In the southern most of India, in the Kerala state, which lies in the
perhumid tropical region- 0.5 (half an acre) to 0.75 Acre is sufficient
to feed a family of five . That too without any external inputs - as far
as you maintain cattle and do intensive cultivation, relying totally on
biological dynamics. In such systems over all biomass productivity
can go well above 35-40 Tonnes per acre per year. (With 4-5 tier
cropping -commonly known as the homestead farming).
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