The Malthusian prospect of starvation of the population could be prevented by:
a. increasing the amount of land available for agriculture

b. investing in research and development of new technologies.
c. expanding food production on available land.
d. all of the above


d

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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