Food consumption & monoculture - Assumptions

Evaluate the statements against the textual parameters:

Assumption 1 is directly contradicted by the author, who explicitly critiques monoculture practices for causing environmental degradation and compounding malnutrition. It is never framed as "inevitable" .

Assumption 2 perfectly mirrors the text: narrow crop reliance leads to a drop in essential micronutrients like millets (damaging human health) and triggers intensive farming loops that systematically erode soil and water assets (damaging the ecosystem).

Assumption 3 is a valid underlying premise because the text demonstrates that historically focusing purely on volume production of select staples has actively undermined "nutrition security", implying that policies must deliberately integrate nutrition to resolve this flaw.

(Note: Statement 4 is referenced in the options but is absent from the core prompt text list; however, the validation of 2 and 3 uniquely locks the correct option choice).

Answer: (b).