The projected population growth for Country A from the year 2000 to the year 210

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The projected population growth for Country A from the year 2000 to the year 2100, based on a 3.5% growth rate, will cause the population to rise from 30 million to 960 million. Assume Country A is approximately the size of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma taken together and has a similar climate. Considering the calculations of projected population for Country A and what you have learned in this class, would you recommend that the government concentrate on farming or cattle ranching in order to feed this growing population? You must choose only one option. Explain your decision in detail.

Explanation / Answer

Here you have clearly stated that population in future would be 960 million in the area the size of nebreska,

We have to go deeper and look at farming and cattle first, For cattle to grow it will take approximately 4-5 years and there is lack of diversity in types of food that we will get. Ranch further would need huge amount of grass and other supplies for feeding cattle that would quickly degreade land and make it useless.

Agriculture on other hand is a proven technique and it can support huge amount of population with minimum amount of resources. So government must choose only agriculture.

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