[简答题]独立写作： 　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Though modern agricultural practices damage the environment, feeding the world’s growing population is more important than protecting against environmental damage. 　　It is often said that the world population grows following a geometric progression (2, 4, 8, 16, 32...) but food production grows following an arithmetic production (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...). If this were true, then one would expect the world’s food demands to quickly outpace its ability to meet those demands. This does appear to be the case, at least on the surface—more than half of the world population perishes each year from malnutrition. But is this a food production problem, and should food production thus be pursued with reckless disregard for the environment I do not believe so. 　　The problem of world hunger is not a problem of food production, but rather, one of food distribution and poverty. In many of the developing countries where scores die every