Many people believe that countries should produce food for the whole population and import as little food as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Experts throughout the developed and developing world have debated whether it is necessary for a
country
to take
the
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responsibility
of
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food
production
for all national inhabitants and cut down
food
import
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imports
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as far as possible.
Although
it is urgently essential for a
country
to ensure its
food
quantity is enough, I disagree that
food
import should be reduced to the minimum level.
This
essay will analyze the reasons, using examples from the IMF and the Chinese government to demonstrate points. On the one hand, there is no doubt that a nation should apply itself to produce enough
food
in an attempt to satisfy all
country
deweller's
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dwellers
dweller's
jeweller's
demands for daily diets. As
food
is one of the basic needs for humans to live, the importance of
food
production
and supply cannot be overstated, especially when the
country
is suffering from some
of
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the
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special periods.
For instance
, a recent report by the IMF shows that as one of the agricultural countries in the world, Ukraine can always guarantee enough cereals and crop supply for
their
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people during the war against Russia.
This
is the main reason why few people in
this
country
are suffering from staying hungry.
Therefore
, it is conclusively clear that sufficient
food
production
is a necessity for any part of
this
world.
On the other hand
, it is unreasonable to minimise
the
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food
import in
this
day and age, as it is
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am
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important approach to
develop
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local
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economy. With the increase
of
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living
standard
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standards
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, modern citizens prefer to have some luxurious
food
which somewhat cannot be satisfied by merely domestic supply. For that reason, some local companies could grasp
this
opportunity by importing
such
foreign
food
to satisfy
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market, which has become an effective resource for many countries to generate revenue and boost
economy
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.
For instance
, an extensive study by the Chinese government indicates that in China, the yearly
demands
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for lobsters is around 1.5 million while the number of local lobsters is lower than half of it. Under
this
circumstance, importing lobsters from Australia can perfectly
fulfill
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such
demands and
also
have brought about
over
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an average 270 million-dollar profit for Chinese merchants every year.
Thus
, it can be stated beyond doubt that
food
importing is indispensable since it is likely to satisfy
individual's
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requests and benefit economic
developments
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development
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. In conclusion,
although
a nation should try its best to ensure
food
production
, claiming that importing
food
should be reduced as much as possible is
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absolutely
absolubtely
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absolutely
not a wise option owing to its contributions to both
individual
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and
economy
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. It can be predicted that in the future importing
food
will increasingly grow in importance.
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