Question

Which of the following statements describes a challenge that agriculture faces in the coming decade? A. Reliance on farm mechanization will need to be limited. B. Farmers in Africa must adopt new methods to meet their agricultural needs. C. Farm businesses will need to increase their wages to attract more labor. D. Food production will need to be reduced to conserve the diminishing supply of fertilizer.

Answer 1

Agriculture forms the basis of human settlement as it is the only source of food that people have.

But this field of farming is slowly dying out as there are very less people going towards this business.

Once a person is educated, he runs away from farming as the wage is very less.

Hence, to attract more labour, the wages have to be increased. 

Answer 2

The challenge that the agriculture sector faces in the coming year is Farm businesses will need to increase their wages to attract more labor.

Option C

Explanation:  

• Due to the emergence of other sectors such as industrial and service, the agriculture industry is facing a shortage of labor.
• Also, the wages offered and skills acquired owing to the vocational courses helped them to lead a better life.
• However, such a condition is leading to problems of migration and feminization of agriculture, especially in India.
• This problem will aggravate in future when shortage of labor would be faced by the agriculture sector.

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