Đề IELTS Writing task 2 :
Meat production requires relatively more land than crop production. Some people think that as land is becoming scarce, the world's meat consumption should be reduced. What measures could be taken to reduce the world's meat consumption? What kinds of problems might such measures cause?
Sample answer:
It is true that with the growth in the world's population, the land that is available for food production is becoming less than ever. Since meat production requires more land than crops production, some people think that the consumption of meat should be reduced. There are several steps that can be taken to diminish meat consumption, yet these solutions might have undesirable consequences.
While meat is the major source of protein that the human body needs, the only way to cut down meat consumption is to find alternative sources of protein. The first choice would be to adopt an approach towards genetically modified (GM) foods. To fill the gap that the lack of meat might cause, there will be a need for crop production on a large scale; therefore, GM crops are the most appropriate method. Another measure to consider is that governments can support crop production by encouraging agribusinesses through offering subsidies and tax cuts. As a result of this development, crop prices will fall, then people will become willing to buy them rather than meat.
It is true that with the growth in the world's population, the land that is available for food production is becoming less than ever. Since meat production requires more land than crops production, some people think that the consumption of meat should be reduced. There are several steps that can be taken to diminish meat consumption, yet these solutions might have undesirable consequences.
While meat is the major source of protein that the human body needs, the only way to cut down meat consumption is to find alternative sources of protein. The first choice would be to adopt an approach towards genetically modified (GM) foods. To fill the gap that the lack of meat might cause, there will be a need for crop production on a large scale; therefore, GM crops are the most appropriate method. Another measure to consider is that governments can support crop production by encouraging agribusinesses through offering subsidies and tax cuts. As a result of this development, crop prices will fall, then people will become willing to buy them rather than meat.
However, these measures mentioned above can have a number of limitations. Firstly, depending on vegetation as a main food might reduce the size of livestocks. Consequently, there will be a surplus of grass and pasture that are used to feed animals. Thus, these can be a waste that is threatening the environment. Secondly, genetically engineered foods are considered to be harmful to our ecosystem. GM foods have a negative impact on mankind's health, they also damage the environment by spoiling the soil.
To conclude, there are many ways to cut down meat consumption, nevertheless, these measures have some disadvantages.
Useful words and phrases:
- food /crops production: sản xuất lương thực
- diminish: giảm dần
- undesirable consequences: những hệ quả không mong muốn
- major source: nguồn cung chính
- cut down: giảm đi
- alternative sources: các nguồn cung thay thế
- adopt an approach towards: chọn hướng, chuyển sang tiếp cận với
- genetically modified (GM)/ genetically engineered food: thực phẩm bị biến đổi gen
- fill the gap: lấp chỗ trống
- large scale: quy mô lớn
- encourage agribusiness: thúc đẩy kinh doanh nông nghiệp
- subsidy: trợ cấp chính phủ
- tax cut: giảm thuế
- vegetation: thực vật
- livestocks: gia súc
- surplus: sự thực thất
- grass and pasture: đồng cỏ, thảm thực vật
- spoil the soil: phá hỏng đất trồng
