▶ Your Answer :
In the reading passage, there is ample
supports for the author's claim that there are three merit about agricultural
subsidies for farmer. However, the professor in the lecture gives several
reasons as a rebuttal to the author's point.
First, the professor contends that agricultural subsidies cannot
result in increasing food supply. When farmer can produce a lot of food production
such as corn through subsidies, they will make resource like gas by using this
product. As a result, increased amount of this crop yield do not make up for
the food supply. This cast doubt on the reading passage's claim that
agriculture are highly affected by weather condition. Thus, if farmer give
agricultural subsidies to government, they can fix the problem related to
whether to use the subsidies.
Next, the professor insists that actually the price of food will be
increased. Farmers usually grow certain crop such as corn through public
assistance. Therefore, the amount of fruit and vegetable will be reduced, and
their price highly increase. This counters the reading passage's claim that
since subsidies can be attributed to cut down the cost of farming, the price of
food can be significantly decreased.
Finally, the professor argues that it is unlikely that subsidies
support to economic health in rural area. This is because the farmers who
cultivate large land does not hire a lot of people, but purchase the equipment.
Thus, rural communities cannot experience economic merit. This refutes the
reading passage's suggestion that considering that many farmers can cultivate
large amount of land thanks to subsidies, they will hire much more worker in rural
area. As a result, it can give rise of health economic environment in this
region.
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