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Statement: "The government is giving top priority to reaching out to more farmers and directly buying grains from them," Food Minister said. "Procurement prices of wheat, mustard, chana etc. have already been raised by 6-11% and the immediate focus would be to make sure more farmers can sell to state agencies. We are working along with state governments that more procurement centres are opened to ensure farmers get the minimum support price (MSP)." Which of the following may be the reason for the step taken by the Food Minister?

A)  The government wants to boost the rural economy.

B)  The farmers have been demanding the right price of their crops for a long time.

C)  Farmers will get the benefit of MSP fixed by the Centre on important commodities grown in a particular season.

D)  The production of crops was affected because farmers were not getting right prices of their crops.

E)  All the above