As the years go by, the amount of farmers and ranchers keeps decreasing. Although this decrease in farmers and ranchers might not seem like a big problem, it is. Less than 2% of all working citizens are employed in the agriculture business. That means less than 2% of workers are responsible for providing food, textiles,and other agricultural products to over 7 billion people each day.
At the beginning of its time, agriculture was the reason for civilizations and growing populations. Agriculture was born in the Fertile Crescent.People learned to cultivate the fields and provide for the increasing economy. At the time, the amount of farming was proportional to the population, but as the population has grown, the ratio of farming to population has become extremely disproportionate and might lead to farmers and ranchers not being able to supply the economy.
Even though technology has seriously improved over the past several thousand years, farmers and ranchers are still needed. As the population keeps growing so do the needs of the economy. If jobs in agriculture do not grow with the population, we will be stuck without the basic necessities.
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