It may not have been enough to feed the large population.
To feed our growing population, we need to increase global food production by 70% before 2050.
They must have had good farmers, too, to feed the population.
The area of land available for farming was not quite enough to feed the population.
The city has enough stored away to feed the entire population for three years.
The figure plays a part in the debate about the world's ability to grow enough food to feed its growing population.
Have I given them the means to feed their population?
"And you're able to feed your entire population with these crops?"
Kurdish officials say they have enough food to feed the population of northern Iraq for 30 days.
"People are asking how we will be able to feed the world's growing population during a time of dangerous climate change," he said.