souvik101990 wrote:
Farmers get water at subsidized rates that are much lower than the increasingly high prices fetched on the open market. Some farmers are debating whether to continue irrigating their crops and sell their produce or to let the crops die and sell their irrigation water to needy cities and other farms.
Which of the following would be most useful to determine in order to evaluate the farmers' current debate?
A. Whether farmers will get water at subsidized rates in the future.
B. Whether produce prices will increase if some farmers let their crops die.
C. whether irrigation water needs to be filtered and purified before drinking.
D. Whether their crops, if allowed to die, can easily be replanted the following year.
E. Whether the price of water will continue to increase at its current rate.
Lets evaluate all the answer choices one by one, thinking like a farmer :D
A) Let say we will not get the water at subsidized rates in the future - So why not make money now as in the future we need to pay more / Yes we will get the water at the reduced rates - So still why not make money now.
B) Yes the produce prices will increase if some of us let out crops die - That supports the notion that we should let our crops die and in the future with next harvest sell it at a much higher price. / No the prices will not go up - Ohh!!! Then let's sell our water.
c) Yes - So let us sell the water to the needy - They will take care of that or lets purify it as it costs just 1$ per 1000 ltrs and sell it at a much higher price / No - So lets sell the water as received.
D) yes - So let them die and sell out water / No - OMG!!!! what we will do next year?? We will not even get water as we will no longer be farmers. So we should not sell - CORRECT.
E) Yes - Hurray!!! Lets sell it / No - Doesn't matter .. let's sell it at same price. - Lets sell it.
I hope this helps.
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