What Are The Problems Of Mayan Farmers

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farm. If we look at our society today, the problems our farmers are having agriculturally is somewhat similar to the problems farmers had in classical Maya. As the population on earth grows, farmers around the word need to extra to feed that many people. Even thou ever since the development of industrialized agriculture, produce have been increased drastically, but our farmers just like Mayan farmers are losing much of their land to develop more living space for the growing population and decrease in the varieties of crops. And when it comes to us overpopulating earth, just like what we saw with the Mayans, this leads to war. Mayans went to war with their neighboring cities, to gain more space for they’re over growing population, and the same

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