Third, this is a recipe for gross rural poverty. Removing monoculture reduces economies of scale. Returning to wheat removes cash crops and the income that comes from them. Since 1945 the number of people involved in agriculture has plunged by 80 percent while gross rural incomes have increased. Not rural incomes per person, but instead rural incomes per acre. In per capita terms agricultural lands have experienced some of the greatest income increases in human history. Without internationalized input flows or international export options, much of this will now unwind.
