manufacturing vs. agriculture?

Question

In what ways is manufacturing better than agriculture? im not sure what to say in a debate against people who support agriculture any ideas?

well it has to do with the United States and what would be better for them to make money on and use for ourselves. i guess a manufacturing country or a agricultural country what is better

Answer 1

Well agriculture is important, but manufactoring tends to be more productive per unit of labor. That is why it was the industrialized nations that became wealthy though the industrial revolution. The average wage and standard of living of a person in a country is then higher.

Also, agricultural economies are at the mercy of weather patterns, disease, and famines. Manufactoring economies have less outside variables to effect them. Service based economies are even more immune to fluctuations, because inventories dont over accumulate, so the business cycle isnt as volitile.

Answer 2

Agriculture cannot produce continuous economic GDP growth per capita because both the supply and demand is limited. The land in a country is limited, and so the amount of food production is limited, although some improvement in productivity is possible through new farming methods or improve crops. The demand for food is also limited because there is a limit to how much people can eat. so doubling food production just result in falling prices and waste. However manufacturing can increase in output through new technology and people always want more and newer products so it can grow indefinitely

Answer 3

Neither is superior. What is more important is to use the resources available most efficiently. Since we can't live with 100% manufacturing or 100% agriculture, the best result would be the combination that produces the highest output of product in total.

Answer 4

Both are necessary. Why one versus the other?

Can't we all just get along?