How big would a farming spaceship have to be to support a country-sized population?
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In the Mass Effect Series, the Quarians have a population of 17 million individuals and they get all their food from 3 massive "liveships." I'll round this down to 5 million individuals supported by a single farming ship. Assuming the ship is only dedicated to the growing of crops, how large would the ship have to be in terms of available area to sustain this population?
Any currently invented farming-techniques to save on space are acceptable.
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