Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a strategy being used to increase the world's food supply?

  1. Increasing exports from countries w/surpluses

  2. Expanding the land area used for agriculture

  3. Expanding fishing

  4. Decreasing the productivity of land now used for agriculture
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Decreasing the productivity of land would reduce the total food supply, which is the opposite of the goal to increase it. Strategies to increase supply include expanding land, improving technology, and increasing yields.

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