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This is from an exam question:

The main problem concerning farming is that the income earned by farmers is not adequate to meet their consumption needs.

Is the farming used here correct? Concerning means worrying, causing anxiety so isn't it better to use farmers instead of farming?

Also can the consumption be omitted from the sentence?

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  • No, because "concerning farming" could just be a shortened version of "concerning the farming industry". Is there sufficient context to know that "their consumption needs" = "their needs"?
    – user3169
    Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 6:54
  • When you say "Error Correction", is someone saying that the example contains an error? If so, you should say so in your question.
    – user3169
    Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 6:55
  • @user3169 I am saying error correction because they are from an error correction exercise, I have used exam question tag.
    – user212388
    Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 7:01
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    @user212388 Is the error supposed to be on expression or comprehension? The sentence you give, as it stands, is correct. But if it is included in a comprehension exercise then, of course, it should be compared to the comprehension text.
    – None
    Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 7:04

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Concerning in this sentence is a preposition, it means "on the subject of", it is synonym of "about":

The main problem about farming is...

Concerning means "worrying" when it is an adjective, for example :

The situation of small farmers nowadays is very concerning.

So farming is the right word to use, you are talking about the industry as a whole and not about the people.

Concerning the second part of your question:

can the consumption be omitted from the sentence ?

I would not omit it because the farmers' needs could extend to a lot more besides consumption, "consumption" specifies the sort of needs you are talking about.

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