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Read the passage below carefully:

For decades, cocoa farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria, relied exclusively on traditional open-air sun drying to process harvested cocoa beans prior to sale. While cost-effective, this conventional method leaves the moist beans highly vulnerable to sudden downpours during the late rainy season, often encouraging fungal mold growth and damaging batch quality. To mitigate these post-harvest losses, local agricultural cooperatives recently introduced affordable solar tent dryers constructed from UV-stabilized plastic sheets and bamboo frames. These simple structures capture radiant heat while shielding the beans from rainfall and ambient humidity. Consequently, farmers using the solar tents reported significantly lower rates of bean spoilage and achieved higher quality grade classifications at local buying stations compared to those sticking to open-air drying. Surprisingly, despite the clear quality improvements, some elder farmers initially resisted adopting the technology, preferring established ancestral practices until cooperative sales records proved that solar-dried batches consistently commanded premium prices in regional markets.

Based on the passage, what can be deduced about the elder farmers' eventual acceptance of solar tent dryers?

  1. Their reluctance yielded once empirical sales data proved the economic advantage of the new drying method.Cevap
  2. B
    They adopted the technology only after local government authorities banned traditional open-air sun drying.
  3. C
    They immediately embraced solar tents because open-air drying had caused complete financial ruin.
  4. D
    They accepted solar dryers primarily because ancestral traditions encouraged adopting modern agricultural tools.

Cevap

The elder farmers' reluctance yielded once empirical sales data proved the economic advantage of the new drying method.
The passage concludes by stating that elder farmers maintained their preference for ancestral practices until sales records demonstrated that solar-dried cocoa beans commanded premium market prices. This implies that concrete financial evidence persuaded them to accept the solar dryers.

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1
Identify key clues regarding the elder farmers in the passage.
The text notes that elder farmers initially resisted solar tent dryers in favor of ancestral practices.
Understanding their initial stance establishes the baseline for evaluating how their behavior changed.
2
Analyze what condition caused their stance to change.
The passage states they maintained resistance 'until cooperative sales records proved that solar-dried batches consistently commanded premium prices'.
Connecting the turning point to the sales evidence shows cause and effect.
3
Deduce the logical inference behind their eventual acceptance.
Financial proof of higher sales prices overcame their preference for traditional methods.
Matching this deduction to the option that highlights empirical sales data providing economic proof yields the correct answer.

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