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.

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It is believed that countries should not spend their money on importing
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as much as they can and it is suggested that they should meet their people's
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demands by themselves. In my opinion, recent technological advances have
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countries to import their needs cheaper and easier and now it is unnecessary to produce with a high
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to avoid importing.
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, there are dozens of
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materials
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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
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a fortune for every government
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, what can change the fact is the
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of developing an industry and providing raw
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for them.
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, in today's world, goods transportation is much cheaper than before and the
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can be delivered to the destination country as soon as possible.
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, a sauce-producing company in Iran provides their raw material from Italy because they cannot achieve the quality they have.
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, 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
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the high
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of electricity and CO2 and
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, countries would rather interact with themselves and provide each other's demands.
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, every day hundreds of ships transport
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from India to Iran and on the way back, they deliver oranges that are planted in the north of Iran to India.
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, I believe
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it can be expensive for a government to meet their individual demands for
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by importing, the more convenient ways of transportation
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the development of technology and the high
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of expanding industry to provide foods artificially, can result that importing is a more beneficial way to meeting people's
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demand.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • self-sufficiency
  • trade dependency
  • food security
  • sustainable agriculture
  • local economies
  • carbon footprint
  • supply chain
  • food miles
  • agricultural sector
  • domestic production
  • import substitution
  • food sovereignty
  • global supply chains
  • trade imbalances
  • food standards
  • economic resilience
  • biodiversity
  • cultural heritage
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