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　　More Rural Research is Needed

　　Agricultural research funding is vital if the world is to feed itself better than it does now. Dr. Tony Fischer, crop scientist, said demand was growing at 2.5% per year but with modern technologies and the development of new ones, the world should be able to stay ahead.

　　"The global decline in investment in international agricultural research must be reversed if significant progress is to be made towards reducing malnutrition(营养不良)and poverty." he said.

　　Research is needed to solve food production, land degradation(贫瘠化)and environmental problems. Secure local food supplies led to economic growth which is turn, slowed population growth. Dr. Fischer painted a picture of the world's ability to feed itself in the first 25 years, when the world's population is expected to rise from 5 X to X billion people. He said that things will probably hold or improve but there'll still be a lot of hungry people. The biggest concentration of poor and hungry people would be in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia in 2020, similar to the currenti pattern. If there is any change, a slighe improvement will be seen in southern Asia, but not in sub-Saharan Africa. The major improvement will be in East Asia, South America and South-East Asia.

　　The debeloping world was investing about 0.5%, or $8 billion a year, of its agricultural gross domestic product(GDP)on research and developed world was spending 2.5% of its GDP. Dr. Fischer said more was needed from all countries.

　　He said crop research could produce technologies that spread across many countries, such as wheat production research having spin-offs(有用的副产品)for Mexico, China or India.

　　"Technologies still need to be refined for the local conditions but a lot of the strategic research can have global application, so that money can be used very efficiently." Dr.Fischer said.

　　Yields of rice, wheat ad maize(玉米)have grown impressively in the past 30 years, especially in developing countries. For example, maize production rose from 2 to 8 tonnes per hectare between 1950 and 1995. But technologies driving this growth such as high-yield varieties, fertilizers, and irrigation, were becoming exhausted. "If you want to save the land for non-agricultural activities, for forests and wildlife, you're going to have to increase yield." Dr. Fischer said.

　　(单项选择题)What is the passage mainly about?

　　A.Shortage of food supplies.

　　B.Development of agricultural technologies.

　　C.Impact of agricultural research.

　　D.Expectation of population growth.

　　【统计】全站数据: 本题共被作答3263次，正确率为63.59%，易错项为 [B]

　　【答案】C

　　【考点】2015

　　【解析】

　　选项：

　　A. Shortage of food supplies. 食物供应短缺

　　B. Development of agricultural technologies. 农业技术的发展

　　C. Impact of agricultural research.农业研究的影响

　　D. Expectation of population growth. 人口增长的期望值

　　从题目可以看出 是需要农业农村调查研究，文章的第一句agricultural research funding is vital...第三段research is needed to solve food production, land degradation and environmental problem 都说明了是在讲需要做研究调查以及研究的影响。

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