Passage:
To enhance groundwater conservation, the state agriculture department introduced a subsidized drip-irrigation policy available exclusively to farmers who cultivate drought-resistant crops. Following the implementation of this policy, overall agricultural water consumption in the region declined by fifteen percent over two years. However, total crop yield per hectare for non-drought-resistant traditional crops remained unchanged because these traditional crops were excluded from the subsidy program and continued using flood irrigation.
Statement: Based strictly on the passage above, any farmer in the region who received the subsidized drip-irrigation system was cultivating drought-resistant crops.
Answer: Answer
Answer
The statement is True. The passage defines a strict conditional rule that subsidized drip irrigation was restricted exclusively to farmers growing drought-resistant crops. Thus, receiving the subsidy logically guarantees that the recipient cultivates drought-resistant crops.
The statement is directly supported by the text. The term 'exclusively' establishes that growing drought-resistant crops was a mandatory condition for receiving the subsidized drip-irrigation system.
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Key Concept
Inference and Logical Deduction