Jumat, 13 Mei 2011

discussion text


Study the discussion on Indonesian agriculture below and then answer the questions. Report
your discussion orally.
                                                      Agriculture
Nowadays, many people have realized that agriculture is much more important than as the
supporting tools in economic development. In
Indonesia, agriculture should be the priority of
development because of some good reasons.
F i r s t o f a l l , t h e
agriculture’s contribution
in the beginning of the
development is highest
among the other sectors. At
present, almost half of total
Indonesian labors are working
in agriculture sector, but the
contribution of agriculture sector does not reach
30 percent.
Second, agriculture sector is expected
to fulfi ll the need of food in a country. As the
number of population increase in an alarming
rate each year, food supply must also increase.
But in developing countries, food production
and agricultural production per capita never
increase more than one percent each year, and
in some extreme case, it even stagnant.
Last but not least, without agricultural
development, the growth of industrial sector
will be hampered because
the growth that comes from
industry will bring a wider gap
into the internal economy in
that country. In turn, this gap
will create serious poverty
problem, wider inequality
of income distribution, and
increase unemployment.
Based on the above discussion, it is obvious hat the government should put agriculture as
the priority of national development.
Adapted from: www.nodai.ac.jp
http://internationalagprograms.dasnr.okstate.edu
Task 13
In pairs, create short dialogues based on the following situations. Then, act them out with
your partner.
Situations:
1. You and your friends visit an organic farming near your school. You propose to the teacher
to visit the farming more often to understand organic farming better.
2. Your father is a farmer. You advise him to reduce the use of pesticides and start using organic
farming method as it produces healthier products.
3. You suggest your biology teacher to hold an event in order to introduce organic farming to
the society. You notice that pesticides and other chemical substances are used improperly
in your area.
Task 14
Study the discussion on Indonesian agriculture below and then answer the questions. Report
your discussion orally.
Agriculture
Questions
1. What do Indonesian people do mostly?
2. What is the further effect if we have poor development of agriculture?
3. Why is it important to increase the agriculture sector in relation to food production?
4. What does the writer suggest that the goverment should do? 

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