Does food just appear in Japan ???
As i have proved you don't need technology to produce food. But you need food to produce everything else.
Look at the alotment movement at the moment.
I think people are at cross purposes here. The thread title is 'What's the most important job done in the country?' which I, and obviously others, take to mean Ireland. Ron, and others, seem to be arguing from a global point of view.
I stand by my assertion that Ireland could do without Irish farmers. I believe (in keeping with the title of the thread) that import/export jobs are ultimately the most important jobs.