Non-agricultural food sources - logical message
Question
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the author of the passage?
Options
Food yielding trees should replace other trees in rural and tribal areas and community owned lands.
Food security cannot be ensured in India with the present practice of conventional agriculture.
Wastelands and degraded areas in India should be converted into agroforestry systems to help the poor.
Agroecosystems should be developed in addition to or along with conventional agriculture.
Explanation
The passage argues that integrating food collection from uncultivated lands (forests, pastures, wetlands) with standard agricultural lands creates a more resilient "systemic approach to food consumption". It details how wild foods serve as a safety net during crop failures or seasonal gaps because trees handle severe weather better than seasonal crops[cite: 3884, 3885, 3886]. The core idea is to merge conventional farming with diverse, uncultivated ecological systems. Option (d) perfectly mirrors this message of building combined agroecosystems. Option (a) overreaches by demanding tree replacement , option (b) uses a false absolute against conventional farming [cite: 3891, 3892], and option (c) introduces unmentioned categories like "wastelands".
Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2023
Paper
CSAT
Question
Q51
Section
Reading Comprehension
Sub-topic
Agriculture / Society passage
Type
RC - Critical message
Difficulty
Medium
Source hint
Passage-based comprehension
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