Today there are nearly 8 billion people living in the world and every the number is increasing. Feeding their fast-growing populations is one of biggest challenges for most countries in Africa and Asia. Scientists, agricultural experts, and planners have discover new ways to produce more food. One possible way is to bring more land under cultivation, This can be done only in places where there is a lot of land not used for agriculture, In many countries, however, arable land is scarce and whatever is available is needed for other purposes _ for example, expanding cities and setting up industries. A second way is to make use of new types of seeds to produce more food, Already a number of new strains of paddy and wheat have been developed in different parts of the world.
According to the passage, an effective way to face the challenge of food shortage is by-
After help, we can use object + infinitive (with or without to).
| Can you help me (to) find my ring? (NOT | |
| Thank you so much for helping us (to) repair the car. | |
| Our main task is to help the company (to) become profitable. |
Help can also be followed directly by an infinitive without an object.
| Would you like to help pack? |
If you say that you cannot/can’t help doing something (especially in British English), you mean that you can’t stop yourself, even if you don’t want to do it.
| She’s a selfish woman, but somehow you can’t help liking her. | |
| Excuse me – I couldn’t help overhearing what you said. | |
| Sorry I broke the cup – I couldn’t help it. |
Can’t help can be followed by but + infinitive (without to), with the same meaning as can’t help verb + ing. This is common in American English.
| I can’t help but wonder what I should do next. |
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