Question

) Country X is 95% desert. The government of Country X is concerned about not having enough arable land (land capable of being used to grow crops) in the country to produce the food needed to feed its population without increasing food imports. One government official proposes a project to irrigate large areas of the desert to convert these areas of desert to agricultural fields. (i) Describe one potential benefit of this proposed project.

Answer 1

Answer:

A potential beneifit would be that Country X would not have to increase its imports increasing its GPD.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Conversion of desert into an agricultural land which can be used year on year

Explanation:

The most probable advantage of this proposal is the conversion of desert into an agricultural land which can be used year on year. Hence, only an initial cost would be spent on irrigating a desert area. But later on the life cycle cost of this project /proposal will be much lesser than the cost of food imported from other countries.  

This will boost the country's economy and make it self-sustainable to feed its people.