Land incapable of being cultivated for the production of crops can sometimes be converted to arable land. New arable land makes more food and can reduce starvation. This outcome also makes a country more self-sufficient and politically independent, because food importation is reduced.
The ability to transform unproductive land into farmland is crucial for increasing food security, reducing hunger, and promoting national self-reliance and political autonomy through decreased dependence on external food sources.