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Instead of selling cotton at Kurnool cotton market, why Swapna and her husband have to sell their harvest to the local trader only?

A)  Because cultivation of cotton requires high levels of inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides and the farmers have to incur heavy expenses on account of these.

B)  Being a small farmer Swapna had to borrow money from the trader at a very high interest rate to buy seeds, fertilisers, pesticides for cultivation.

C)  While lending money to Swapna, the local trader made her agree to another condition, that is, to sell all her cotton to him only.

D)  Both [B] and [C]

E)  None of these