The human diet needs to be modified in the next half century because of the depletion of our natural resources due to overpopulation. Agricultural and wilderness areas need to be protected from urban encroachment by preparing urban areas for greater population density. Efforts should be taken to slow the rate of human population growth and to increase the amount of land committed to agriculture. Continued research into more-efficient agricultural practices and innovative biotechnology aimed at producing more food on less land would be beneficial.
Kim: The rapidly growing world population is increasing demands of food producers in ways that threaten our natural resources. With more land needed for both food production and urban areas, less land will be available for forests and wildlife habitats. Hampton: You are overlooking the promise of technology. I am confident that improvements in agriculture will allow us to feed the world population of ten billion predicted for 2050 without significantly increasing the percentage of the world' s land now devoted to agriculture.
Kim's and Hampton's statements most strongly support the claim that both of them would agree with which one of the following?