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[EFMonaco <EFMonaco@compuserve.com>]

I think it depends totally on how brittle or non-brittle the land is as
suggested by Alan Savory in his Holistic Resource Management literature. 
Other factors include: Topography.  There is a lot more surface area in a
hilly topography than in the flats.  Also, latitude and rainfall, length of
growing season.  With so many factors, it's difficult to say.
Gene Monaco
in Knoxville, TN

Message text written by "permaculture"
> How about a reply to this "simple" question .....
>
> x <and@cyberback.com>
> x wrote:
>
>> Is their a formula wherby we can get a rough estimate of how much
>> land it takes to support a given number of people?  Also how much
>> water it takes to make the land productive for one month?     -
>> gerald
>




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