GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: After 1950, in response to record growth in worldwide food demand, far

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

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

(A) Since 1985 the rate
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