Should the government support agriculture? Agriculture is closely related to personal life as well as national safety and stability. I completely agree that governments should attach great significance to agricultural development. Governments should make food security as one of top priorities to guarantee people are well fed. Although there are many areas that governments should allocate budgets and resources, such as education, health care, science and technology, agriculture is prerequisite to development of any other areas. In recent years, rising temperature, drought and flood, and deteriorating pests and diseases all have been threatening food production, which is more serous considering the increasing number of world population. Without sufficient food, all the efforts in modernization and industrialization are in vain. In such case, the government which totally relies on import of grain, vegetables and fruits tend to in peril when food supply and transportation cannot be maintained in warfare or famine. The major reason that it is the government’s responsibility to support agriculture rather than private corporations is that the required budget is particularly large and the investment is non-profitable. For example, to cultivate a new type of cereal resistant to pests, scientists have to spend several years conducting researches and tests. Such scientific researches need continued investment and professionals’ years of efforts. If profit-orientated enterprises were the major player in agriculture, they would raise food price to guarantee their returns on investment. The poor, therefore, find it more difficult to make their ends meet, and feel desperate and hopeless, which may increase crime rates and lead to a potential threat to social security. In conclusion, it is the government’s responsibility to support scientific research on agriculture for the sake of personal well-fare and national security.