He not only showed humanity how to get more food from the Earth, he proved that farming has the power to lift up the lives of the poor."

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Ox-drawn ploughs still power farming in much of the country, meaning agricultural output of rice, beans and other staples could grow immensely through mechanization.

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This not only can aid farming but also feed power to nearby villages.

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Matching that power output with corn ethanol would require intensive farming on more than 21, 000 square miles, an area nearly the size of West Virginia.

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