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Difficulty: HardLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

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

In July 1989, the Federal Government of Nigeria established the National Land Development Authority (NALDA) to address smallholder agricultural productivity and land fragmentation. Operating under Decree No. 92, NALDA was mandated to acquire minimum contiguous tracts of 4,000 hectares per state for community-based farm estates. Unlike previous agrarian schemes that relied on direct state management, NALDA provided mechanized clearing and land titling, while leaving crop selection entirely to local farmer cooperatives. Funding was sustained by a dedicated 5 percent allocation from the National Ecological Fund. However, by 1999, institutional restructuring led to NALDA's merger with the Federal Department of Rural Development, terminating its independent field operations.

According to the passage, NALDA differed from earlier Nigerian agrarian schemes because it:

  1. granted local farmer cooperatives complete control over selecting their crops.Answer
  2. B
    relied on direct state management for the daily operations of farm estates.
  3. C
    was established primarily to eliminate land disputes among rural farming communities.
  4. D
    funded its field operations through direct budgetary allocations from federal ministries.

Answer

NALDA differed from earlier schemes by leaving crop selection entirely to local farmer cooperatives.
The correct answer is corroborated by the passage's explicit contrast: 'Unlike previous agrarian schemes that relied on direct state management, NALDA provided mechanized clearing and land titling, while leaving crop selection entirely to local farmer cooperatives.'

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the key comparative detail in the passage regarding how NALDA differed from earlier agrarian schemes.
Located the sentence: 'Unlike previous agrarian schemes that relied on direct state management, NALDA provided mechanized clearing and land titling, while leaving crop selection entirely to local farmer cooperatives.'
Literal comprehension requires matching the specific point of contrast explicitly stated by the author.
2
Evaluate the answer options against the explicit text evidence.
The statement regarding granting local farmer cooperatives complete control over crop selection directly reflects 'leaving crop selection entirely to local farmer cooperatives.'
This option is the only choice directly corroborated by explicit text details without misinterpretation or unwarranted assumptions.

Key Concept

Literal Fact Retrieval and Contrast Identification
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