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Every year, more people face poverty and hunger and more of the earth’s resources are ruined. The problems are enormous, but many experts believe that the situation is not hopeless. The solution will require big changes in how we think about agriculture, food, and our planet.
First of all, farmers everywhere need to develop methods that are less destructive to the environment. The change from single crop farming to a mixed crop system would be one important step. The planting of several different crops improves the soil and helps prevent erosion. Erosion could also be prevented by planting trees to protect the fields from the wind. Another way farmers could improve the soil is to avoid deep plowing. In fact, only a slight plowing is necessary if proper methods
are used.
Farmers could also help save the earth’s precious supplies of water and petroleum. To save water, they could plant more water efficient plants instead of the standard types of wheat or corn. They could also use watering systems that are much less wasteful. To save petroleum, farmers could make use of biogas generators which could be fueled by the vegetable and animal wastes of the farms. In less-developed countries, biogas generators could reduce the need for firewood and so help save forests, as well.
What is the topic of the passage above?
A. Biological methods of farming.
B. How we can change the way food is produced world wide.
C. How millions of people are facing hunger and poverty.
D. Farming around the world.
E. Farming around developed countries.
Pembahasan:
Jawaban: B. How we can change the way food is produced world wide.
Topik bacaan adalah hal atau tema yang diusung atau dibicarakan dalam suatu teks. Secara umum, hal yang dibicarakan dalam teks tersebut adalah bagaimana kita bisa mengubah cara produksi makanan di seluruh dunia. Hal tersebut ditunjukan pada paragraf ke 1 yang membahas bahwa semakin banyaknya kemiskinan, kelaparan dan sumber daya bumi yang rusak. Pada paragraf dua dijelaskan bahwa perlunya petani mengembangkan metode yang tidak terlalu merusak lingkungan. Dan diakhiri dengan penjelasan paragraf ke tiga yang membahas solusi penghematan air dan bahan bakar . Maka jawaban yang tepat adalah opsi B.
- Opsi A salah, karena pertanian biologis bukan topik utama pada teks karena teks tersebut tidak hanya membahas pertanian biologis saja.
- Opsi C salah, karena ini merupakan kalimat utama diparagraf kesatum dan bukan hanya membahas kelaparan dan kemiskinan saja, melainkan membahas juga solusi dari masalah tersebut.