Many people believe that a country should emphasize the food production on its citizens while minimising imported food. In my viewpoint, I largely disagree with this perspective due to its lack of variety and unsustainable annual food security.
Admittedly, focusing on allocating food domestically allows a smaller range of consumers for manufacturers. In particular, when quitting serving international eaters, the types of customers that food industry need to serve would be less diverse. This could thereby enhance the productivity of food industry, which offers a better approach to food for residents across the nation, especially remote populations. However, despite ensuring adequate demand for food, this increase cannot solve the problem of lacking diversity of domestic food range. For instance, Vietnam is located in tropical region, therefore the ability to cultivate crops and fruit plants from other regions such as Hawaii is relatively unrealistic. In this sense, importing those food products from different regions could enable the country to access a better variety of food, especially when nowadays citizens cannot be suppressed in a limited food list.
Furthermore, some argue that it is ideal to utilize the geographical location of the country to make the most of crop farms. But when the domestic food becomes redundant while producing for the entire society, country might face the possibility of wasting food. Instead, government should stimulate export while optimising import policies, thus reducing the rates of food wastes and expand food variety for citizens. Additionally, a country might highly struggle to maintain a stable amount of available food throughout the year. Particularly, it is undeniable that most of plants have distinctive harvesting seasons, therefore accessing to the same domestic food options in different times of the year is actually impossible. If governments adopt this development, the country might undergo significant challenges in maintaining food availability every year, affecting negatively to both individuals and society as a whole.
In conclusion, despite the fact that concentrating food production on the local population might help reduce the complication and number of consumers, this development might create different drawbacks, especially in terms of food security and diversity throughout the year.