hard · GRE Verbal
In the desert province of Y, a new agricultural technique allowed farmers to reduce the amount of water required per acre of wheat by 40%. Paradoxically, the total water consumption for the province's agricultural sector rose significantly during the following season.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the paradox?
- The increased efficiency made it profitable for farmers to plant wheat on millions of acres of previously fallow land.
- The province experienced one of its hottest and driest summers on record during the year the technique was adopted.
- Wheat prices on the global market fell sharply, causing some farmers to switch to more lucrative, water-heavy crops.
- The local government subsidizes the cost of water for any farmer who adopts modern, water-saving technologies.
- The new technique requires more expensive seeds that were developed specifically to survive in arid, sandy soil conditions.
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