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It is a common belief that purchasing products cultivated in domestic is better than consuming imported products. However, there is a persuasive argument that buying international agricultural products is more positive effects because they are cheaper and more diverse than domestic ones.
On the one hand, purchasing products from domestic is one of ways to protect farmers. To be more specific, most people tend to consume food items from abroad because it is cheaper than the others. However, people should intentionally purchase domestic products to be able to make farmers remain stable their profit by continually doing their work. Since a couple of years, for example, a lot of international products, which are cheaper than domestic ones, have been imported and many consumers are willing to buy it. This phenomenon mentions that the farmers could not cultivate foods any more unless the consumers purchase products which are cultivated by domestic farmers. Nevertheless, it is more important to consume international agricultural products as they are much cheaper than the other ones from domestic as well as people can have a number of options to choose what they buy products. This is a good example that people did not even know about some kinds of fruits such as cherry and grapefruit in the past. However, by importing many types of foods nowadays, people can purchase foods, which they want, wherever at any time with not expensive price.
To sum up, while consumers should more purchase products which are cultivated by domestic farmers to protect farmers' workplace, it is undeniable that agricultural items which are imported from overseas are much beneficial to customers in terms of cheaper price and the number of options to choose. |