Passage-3

    A Landscape-scale approach to land use can encourage greater biodiversity outside cdected areas. During hurricane 'Mitch' in 1998, farms using ecoagricultural practices suffered 58 percent, 70 percent and 99 percent less damage in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala, respectively, than farms using conventional techniques. In Costa, vegetative windbreaks and fencerows boosted farmers' income from pasture and coffee while also increasing bird diversity. Bee pollination is more effective when agricultural fields are closer to natural or seminatural habitat, a finding that matters because 87 percent of the world's 107 leading crops depend on animal pollinators. In Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Colombia silvopastoral systems t tint integrate trees with pastureland are improving the sustainability of cattle production, and diversifying and increasing farmers' income.

    Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?

  • Agricultural practices that enhance biodiversity can often increase farm output and reduce the vulnerability to disasters.
  • All the countries of the world should be encouraged to replace ecoagriculture with conventional agriculture.
  • Ecoagriculture should be permitted in protected areas without destroying the biodiversity there.
  • The yield of food crops will be very high if ecoagricultural practices are adopted to cultivate them.

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