Answer to Question #234445 in Human geography for uran

Question

why could the earth supply more people with food if we took the food from lower levels in the food chain?

Answer 1

According to cbsd.com, 'When the farmer was eating hens, the ecosystem could supply just one farmer. When the farmer ate soybeans, could sustain over 300 farmers.' As we see, the earth could supply more people with food if we took the food from lower levels in the food chain.

Source: https://www.cbsd.org/cms/lib/PA01916442/Centricity/Domain/2053/Trophic%20Level%20Answers.pdf