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E. reduced the productivity of farmland by 20 per cent.
4) By the year 2015, farmers in Denmark
A. more than doubled the amount of pesticide they used in just 3 years B. have used 7 folds of fertilizers than they did from 1960 to 1985
C. used half of fertiliser than Dutch farmers used.D. applied fertiliser much more frequently than in 1960.
E. used 2 times as much fertiliser as they did around 60 years ago.
5) In Section E, states that
A. Wasted crops puts farmers on a chemical treadmill and kill bugs and weeds that are easy to eradicate Damage to human health is one of the effects, every year some 10.000 people suffer from diseases caused by pesticide Governments do not give subsidies to farmers, therefore, they don't have a choice but to sacrifice large loss of crops
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In order for Southeast Asians farmers to yield more crops they must use more amount of pesticides and artificial fertilisers E. with pest-resistant varieties of rice, even moderate applications of pesticide frequently can give more profit to farmers
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6) In Section F, the writer suggests that
ABCDE
is the only way to solve the problem of over population
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starting 2020, more farmlands will be relocated in regions or countries that do not have high subsidies from the government crops can grow easily anywhere, with or without the need to use artificial fertilisers or chemicals some environmentalists believe that moving farmlands to low-income regions can decrease the effects of climate change
poor farmers are required to use fertilisers and chemicals in order to yield more crops
