Read the passage below carefully:
For generations, female-led processing guilds in northern Ghana preserved shea butter quality through a painstaking, cold-water extraction method using kernel stocks aged in earthenware silos. This prolonged fermentation prevented lipid rancidity during the dry Harmattan winds, producing butter highly valued in trans-Saharan trade. However, recent initiatives promoting motorized expeller presses have introduced rapid mechanical crushing, bypassing the traditional fermentation stage entirely. While processing time has dropped from three days to under two hours, exporters report an unexpected decline in the shelf life of the extracted lipids. Industrial aggregators often attribute this degradation to improper storage by rural collectors, but biochemical evaluations reveal that skipping the initial controlled fermentation leaves unneutralized enzymes that accelerate oxidation upon exposure to air. Despite this, international donor agencies continue to subsidize motorization schemes, evaluating project efficacy solely on output volume per hour rather than lipid stability over time.
Based on the passage, what can be logically deduced about the evaluation criteria of the international donor agencies?
- They prioritize immediate output volume over the long-term chemical stability of the butter.Answer
- BThey actively seek to dismantle traditional female-led guilds to gain control over regional trade routes.
- CThey evaluate project success by measuring how effectively rural collectors manage storage conditions.
- DThey focus on training rural processors to chemically neutralize oxidation-causing enzymes.