Well, I never thought about it before, so thinking about the potential benefits and drawbacks of promoting urban agriculture such as vertical farming in large cities, there are a lot of perspectives to see upon. Well, the benefits of this idea is that it encourages a lot of people to be self-reliant, But the drawback is that not a lot of people realize that in order to manage soil fertilizer you have to be aware of its effect on the environment. So about the benefits, it will give a lot of people much more independence in managing their resource since they are not being controlled by the food market and the food availability since they are able to grow one. And about the drawbacks, sometimes the fertilizer contains a lot of nitrogen and phosphor and when it is not managed well, it can damage the environment. So I think we have to also look at the dangers of the urban agriculture aside from the benefits.
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Well, I never thought about it before, so thinking about the potential benefits and drawbacks of promoting urban agriculture, such as vertical farming in large cities, there are a lot of perspectives to consider. The benefits of this idea are that it encourages many people to be self-reliant. But the drawback is that not many people realize that in order to manage soil fertilizer, they have to be aware of its effects on the environment. Regarding the benefits, it will give many people much more independence in managing their resources since they are not being controlled by the food market and food availability, as they are able to grow their own. As for the drawbacks, sometimes the fertilizer contains a lot of nitrogen and phosphorus, and when it is not managed well, it can damage the environment. So I think we have to also look at the dangers of urban agriculture aside from the benefits.
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