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,

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it became necessary for them to import these fruits by

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. Some people agree that the means of transporting these goods

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reasonable while others disagree. In

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

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gave these following reasons to back their point.

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, 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

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the road

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

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to their arguments,

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

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, some people are not in support of

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view. They argued that transporting fruits and vegetables by

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is unreasonable and not cost effective. They

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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.

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are unreliable, because they operate based on

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the weather forecast

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

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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.