Air transport is increasingly used to export fruit and vegetables where they cannot be grown or out of season. Do the benefits of this trend outweigh the drawbacks?

In the

last

decade, it has been a rise in the amount of fruit and vegetables sent through air to places where the production is impossible or out of season. In

this

essay I will explain why I think there are more advantages of

this

mode of transport than disadvantages. The

first

positive point of air travel is the little time it takes to carry these products from one place to another. Daily buying fresh fruits and vegetables from all around the world in every season of the year is made possible because

this

.

For instance

, Ecuatorian bananas and Brazilian pineapples are eaten all over the globe as they are sent fast by air.

Furthermore

, if these were transported by water or roads they would arrive rotten and unavailable for human consumption. The negative aspects of

this

means of transport

is

Suggestion

are

that it is highly more expensive,

consequently

, the imported items we buy at the market have a greater price than those locally grown. Take,

for example

, Chinese oranges cost twice more than those locally

grown but

Accept comma addition

grown, but

in spite of having higher prices, people carry on shopping them and

that is

a significant drawback for the local economy. In conclusion, nowadays, all around the world shopping availability of fresh fruits and vegetables has increased the specific nutrients and vitamins in people´s daily menu.

This

advantage clearly outweighs price and local economy disadvantage.