Air transport is increasingly used to transport fruit and vegetables to other countries where they cannot be grown or are out of season. Some people say this is good but others believe the use of air transport for this purpose is not justified. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

In some countries, certain fruits and vegetables are difficult to grow and some are seasonal,

therefore

it became necessary for them to import these fruits by

air

. Some people agree that the means of transporting these goods

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are

reasonable while others disagree. In

this

essay, I will discuss both views and take my stance on them. People that support transporting of agricultural produce by

air

gave these following reasons to back their point.

Firstly

, they argued that it is a better and faster means of delivering these goods, since they are perishable goods we cannot over emphasize how important the delivery time is, compare to transporting them by

road

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the road

where the goods can be damaged due to traffic and other road hazards.

In addition

to their arguments,

air

travel is considered to be one of the safest means of transportation as there is low risk of theft and robbery attack.

In contrast

, some people are not in support of

this

view. They argued that transporting fruits and vegetables by

air

is unreasonable and not cost effective. They

further

explained the effect of transporting these goods by an expensive means would lead to low patronage as the selling price would be higher than the normal price if transported by road.

Also

,

airplanes

are unreliable, because they operate based on

weather forecast

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the weather forecast

and

this

might lead to delay in delivering these goods, which will eventually result

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in

damages before the goods get to their destination. In my own view, I believe countries that have challenges in growing some certain fruits and vegetables should consider researching on what other countries are doing right to be able to produce these goods rather than looking for ways to transport these goods from other countries.