Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as **Reason (R):** Assertion (A):** The current Minimum Support Price (MSP) and procurement regime in India has inadvertently led to ecological imbalances and hindered crop diversification in states like Punjab and Haryana. **Reason (R):** High procurement levels and assured prices for wheat and paddy have incentivized farmers to continue monoculture, leading to severe groundwater depletion and soil degradation. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Options:

• A: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• B: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• C: (A) is true, but (R) is false.
• D: (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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