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The majority of people in the developing world earn their living from agriculture and the key to economic development is therefore to raise agricultural productivity, discuss.
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ESSAY TITLE: "THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD EARN THEIR LIVING FROM AGRICULTURE AND THE KEY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THEREFORE TO RAISE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY". DISCUSS. In the first 25 - 30 years of the next millennium the world's population will increase by about 2 billion people. Most of this increase, about 95 percent, will take place in the developing world. This in itself is a challenge feeding an extra 2 billion people while hopefully reducing the more than three-quarters of a billion people who do not have enough to eat today. The production challenge we face in the next millennium is not unprecedented. Between 1975 and now we have added close to 2 billion people to the world's population and production more than kept pace. Enough food was produced to feed everyone if it had been more equitably distributed. Poverty is the key reason why people do not...
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