According to Kenneth MacDonald, traditional farmers in the mountains of Karakoram, North Pakistan, behave "rationally" because
A) they minimize risk of failure by diversifying their crops and animals.
B) they have accepted new farming techniques from development planners.
C) rationality is independent of context.
D) they plant only one crop, which they have found to be the most productive.
E) they are content with the very low crop yields they can get in their very difficult environment.
A
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