Countries should produce the food that their population eats, and import as little as possible. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons, examples to your answer.

It is believed that countries should not spend their money on importing

food

as much as they can and it is suggested that they should meet their people's

food

demands by themselves. In my opinion, recent technological advances have abled countries to import their needs cheaper and easier and now it is unnecessary to produce with a high

cost

to avoid importing.

Moreover

, there are dozens of

food

materials

that cannot be planted or produced in certain areas based on their climate and by communication, it is highly achievable to have access to all of them. It is crystal clear that importing can

cost

a fortune for every government

however

, what can change the fact is the

cost

of developing an industry and providing raw

materials

for them.

In addition

to

this

, in today's world, goods transportation is much cheaper than before and the

materials

can be delivered to the destination country as soon as possible.

For example

, a sauce-producing company in Iran provides their raw material from Italy because they cannot achieve the quality they have.

Furthermore

, every country has a specific climate which is appropriate for planting certain fruits and vegetables. It is considerably expensive to run a greenhouse and plant demanding raw

materials

due to

the high

cost

of electricity and CO2 and

as a result

, countries would rather interact with themselves and provide each other's demands.

For instance

, every day hundreds of ships transport mango from India to Iran and on the way back, they deliver oranges that are planted in the north of Iran to India.

To conclude

, I believe

although

it can be expensive for a government to meet their individual demands for

food

by importing, the more convenient ways of transportation

due to

the development of technology and the high

cost

of expanding industry to provide foods artificially, can result that importing is a more beneficial way to meeting people's

food

demand.