(单选题)
Organic agriculture is a relatively untapped feeding the Earth’s population, especially in the face of climate change and on the global challenges. That's the conclusion I read in reviewing 40 years of the science comparing with the long-term prospects of organic and conventional farming.
The review study, “Organic Agriculture in the 21st Century,” is featured as the cover story for the February issue of the journey Nature Plants. It is the first to compare organic and conventional agriculture across the main goals of the sustainability identified by the National Academy of Science: productivity, economies and environment.
Critics have long argued that organic agriculture is inefficient, requiring more land to yield the same amount of food. It's true that organic farming produces lower yields, averaging 10 to 20 percent less than conventional.
Advocates contend that environmental advantages of organic agriculture far outweigh the lower yields, and that increasing research and breeding resources for organic system would reduce the yields gap. Sometimes excluded from these arguments is the fact that we already produce enough food to more than feed the world’s 7.4 billion people but do not provide adequate access to all individuals.
In some cases, organic yields can be higher than conventional. For example, in sever drought conditions, which are expected to increase with the climate change in many areas, organic farms can produce as good, if not better yields because of the higher water-holding capacity of organically farmed soils.
What science does tell us is that the mainstream conventional farming systems have provided the growing supplies of food and other products but often at the expense of other sustainability goals.
What does science tell us about conventional farming?
A.It will not able to meet global food demand.
B.It is not conductive to sustainable development.
C.It will eventually give way to organic farming.
D.It is going mainstream throughout the world.
参考答案:B
参考解析:
细节题。A项,它不能满足全球的粮食需求,原文第四段中the fact that we already produce enough food to more than feed the world’s 7.4 billion people……可知A项错误,不当选;B项,不利于可持续发展,定位到原文最后一段,可知B项正确,当选;C项,它最终会让位于有机农业,原文没有相关表述,不当选;D项,它正在成为全世界的主流,时态错误,原文说的是已经成为主流,不当选。故本题正确答案选B。