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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:

The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) was established in Ibadan, Oyo State, in 1964 as a successor to the Nigerian station of the West African Cocoa Research Institute (WACRI). Created primarily to boost the production of tree crops of economic importance, CRIN was mandated to conduct research on cocoa, kola, coffee, cashew, and tea. Funding for the institute's initial operations was sourced predominantly through federal agricultural subventions, supplemented by revenue generated from the sale of improved high-yield seedlings to commercial farmers. Although cocoa remains its primary focus, CRIN’s research mandate was expanded in 1975 to include extensive soil fertility assessments across all cash-crop growing zones in southern Nigeria.

According to the passage, how was the initial federal funding of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria supplemented?

  1. Through revenue generated from the sale of improved high-yield seedlingsAnswer
  2. B
    By collecting export taxes directly from international cocoa merchants
  3. C
    Through direct financial grants from the West African Cocoa Research Institute
  4. D
    By conducting fee-based soil fertility assessments across cash-crop zones

Answer

The initial federal subventions were supplemented through revenue generated from the sale of improved high-yield seedlings to commercial farmers.
The correct answer directly aligns with the explicit statement in the third sentence, which explains that the institute's initial federal subventions were supplemented by selling improved high-yield seedlings to commercial farmers.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the sentence in the passage discussing initial funding sources.
Found the sentence: 'Funding for the institute's initial operations was sourced predominantly through federal agricultural subventions, supplemented by revenue generated from the sale of improved high-yield seedlings to commercial farmers.'
Literal comprehension requires extracting explicitly stated details directly from the passage text.
2
Identify the specific phrase describing how the federal funding was supplemented.
The text states it was 'supplemented by revenue generated from the sale of improved high-yield seedlings'.
This directly matches the facts stated without adding outside assumptions or misreading timeline details.

Key Concept

Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
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