Self-study
Economist: Historically, sunflower seed was one of the largest production crops in Kalotopia, and it continues to be a major source of income for several countries. ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ██████████ █████ ███████ ██████ ██ ███████████ ███████ █████████ █████ ██ █████ █████████ ████████ █████████ ███ ███ ███████ █ ███████ ██ █████████ ████ ██████████ ███ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ███████████ ███████ ███████ ████████████
Summary
Sunflower seed was one of the largest production crops in Kalotopia. Sunflower seed is a major source of income for many countries. Renewing the growth of sunflower seeds in Kalotopia would help its unstable farming industry. Sunflower oil can provide a variety of industrial and consumer products at little cost to the environment. Kalotopia has a fragile environment.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
A former production crop in Kalotopia could help the farming industry if it were grown again.
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The economist's statements, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
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Kalotopia's farming industry ████ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ █████ ██████
This is unsupported because we don’t know that the industry will get worse without the sunflowers. We only know that it is currently unstable.
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Stabilizing Kalotopia's farming ████████ █████ ███████ ███ ███████ ███████ ████████ ███ ████████████
This is unsupported because while we know that the cost to the environment would be little, but not necessarily zero.
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Kalotopia's farming industry █████ ██ ██████ ███ ███ ██ ██ ███ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ██████
This is unsupported because we don’t know whether Kalotopia had important reasons for ceasing sunflower production in the past that made the country better off than if it had continued sunflower production.
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A crop that ███ ████ █ █████ ██████████ ████ ██ █████████ ██████ ██ ██ ████ █████ █████ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████
This is strongly supported because the author states that growing sunflower seed, which used to be a large production crop, would benefit farmers and create new products.
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Sunflower seed is █ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ███ █████████████ ███ ███ ████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████ █████ ████ █████ ██ █████ ██████
This is unsupported because the author never compares sunflower seed to other possible crops that may be able to solve the instability just as well.