People who are pessimistic about future world food production offer several arguments about constraints on the future. What is NOT one of their arguments?

A) There are biological limits to the productivity of fisheries.
B) There are biological limits to the productivity of rangelands.
C) Technology will fail to increase productivity.
D) Tropical environments are fragile.
E) Fresh water is increasingly scarce.


C

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A. one and the same. B. opposites. C. similar in some substances. D. none of the above

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

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