In many countries, more and more people choose to buy imported food rather than food produced locally. Why do people buy imported food? What could be done to encourage people to buy local food?

It is true that recently increasingly more dwellers have purchased

food

overseas rather than local

products

.

This

essay is devoted to analyzing the underlying culprit, followed by a practical resolution for

this

phenomenon. Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the chief reasons to pin down why people consider buying non-local

food

is due to state-of-the-art technology in developed countries. Indeed, in some advanced countries, cutting-edge automated machines are employed in the process of manufacturing

food

products

.

Therefore

, these

products

might have higher quality as well as better hygiene, tremendously benefiting consumers in terms of health.

For example

, in America, beef is packaged in germ-free conditions thanks to top-notch machinery, resulting in longer preservation, yet the beef still retains flavours and nutritions, which is suitable for cross-bordered delivery.

That is

why people tend to use imported

food

products

instead

of local ones. While the key root for the increase in the buying of non-local

products

is widely acknowledged, one plausible measure to tackle

this

issue is for the government to allocate national budgets to the employment of more modern technology.

This

is because should these technologies be equipped in the manufacturing of domestic

food

products

, these

products

may have a chance to compete with non-local ones owing to the same quality, yet cost less due to fewer taxes imposed.

For example

, ST-21, a type of rice produced locally in Vietnam which has the same quality as rice imported from Thailand, often comes with a more reasonable price than that of Thailand since importing taxes are not levied.

Such

affordable

food

,

as a result

, might attract the majority of shoppers and alleviate their dependence on

food

overseas. In conclusion, due to more advanced machinery, inhabitants are likely to purchase

food

from other nations, yet

this

trend can be tackled provided that more funds from authorities are invested to employ these machines. In my opinion, inhabitants should take domestic

food

into consideration in an attempt to enhance their countries’ economy.