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Will the world face a major food insecurity crisis by 2050?
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
Building irrigation systems can allow areas with unreliable rainfall to consistently produce significant amounts of food.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Methods to collect rain have successfully increased harvests in several typically dry countries, like
Kenya
.
Pro claim 2
The creation of
widespread water pumps
can allow farmers to produce more crops at the same time, even during dry seasons.
Con claim 1
Projects such as these often take a very long time to complete, especially in countries where
corruption
is widespread.