An international development organization, in response to a vitamin A deficiency among people in the impoverished nation of Tagus, has engineered a new breed of millet high in vitamin A. While seeds for this new type of millet cost more, farmers will be paid subsidies for farming the new variety of millet. Since millet is already a staple food in Tagus, people will readily adopt the new variety. To combat vitamin A deficiency, the government of Tagus should do everything it can to promote this new type of millet.
This argument is primarily concerned with an international development organization working towards eradicating vitamin A deficiency from the people of Tagu through an engineered breed of millet.
The argument provides no support to prove the efficiency of the millets in providing vitamin A to the human body. Engineered millets may fail to provide such high content of vitamin A as it has not been tested yet on the human population. And even if it does then there's a high possibility of human bodies reacting differently to the consumption of these millets. The reaction upon intake of these millets may not always be positive. On the other hand, if the millet proves sufficient in providing the Vitamin A content then it will reduce the deficiency of this vitamin in Tagu population.
Moreover, the argument provides no support to the stated fact of whether millet will grow as efficiently as another crop. Hence even after providing a subsidy, this crop may prove heavy on the farmer's pocket if it does not grow to the full extent of the farm's area. Though if odds remain in the favor of farmers and these crops grow with ease then It'll be a tremendous leap in combating Vitamin A deficiency.
Acceptance, as a matter of fact, does not come easy. These millets might prove to be a rich source of the vitamin but it proves nothing regarding its acceptance among the Tagu population. Although millet is a staple crop yet there is no evidence to corroborate the statement that people will readily adopt this new variety. Staple crops being popular among Tagu people isn't enough to substantiate the statement.
Government taking initiatives to combat vitamin deficiency through a new type of millet is a novel idea but the statement does not consider several facts which might affect the whole plan and also lacks in providing support to it.