Critical Reasoning (CR) | In response to record growth in worldwide food demand , farmers sharpl

In response to record growth in worldwide food demand , farmers sharply increased fertilizer use after 1950. As a result, the productivity of farmland more than doubled by 1985. Since 1958 , farmers have sought to increase farmland producitivity even further . Nevertheless, worldwide fertilizer use has declined by 6 percent per acre between 1985 and the present.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy in the information above?

A. Between 1975 and 1980,
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