His work influenced Thomas Robert Malthus, who, writing at the end of the 18th century, feared that, if unchecked, population growth would tend to outstrip growth in food production, leading to ever-increasing famine and poverty (see Malthusian catastrophe).
Alxidmat net t ikna omar hullan n Thomas Maltus iktaban daɣ amindi n awatay wan 1800 as aksud a fal war ijjen addinat anniyat, tiw-at n ichaɣib at aki tan attaɣam harat id za aruwan manna d tilaqquwa (ikyid albanna wan Maltusian)