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For me the hook is interesting so I will give you a little leeway on the time. So before you started expanding on 23 April I make it a bit under 200 words and when you finished on 6 May almost 900 words so that is fine at more than 5 times expanded.
So the Guardian says "Michael also showed that in land-scarce situations, poor farmers managed the land more intensively and more efficiently than richer ones". Was that the quote you wanted to cite? If so we should maybe adjust the hook slightly.
Checked Earwig no copyvio.
Who's Who 2014 is showing as a possible unreliable source. Do we actually need this?
Cite 1 does not actually show he was research prof until this year - please could you check and adjust
Not essential - but you could use the trans-title parameter for the Spanish paper
Removed Who's who 2014 and validated the new ref 1 showing professorial fellow from 1967-1994, and research professor from 1994 onwards.
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20:33, 11 June 2023 (UTC)reply
Re: the Guardian comment, yes, that is accurate. The requisite section from the Guardian article is Michael also showed that in land-scarce situations, poor farmers managed the land more intensively and more efficiently than richer ones; and he debunked the idea that poor farmers were wasteful, showing that grain losses on farms were often minimal.