PT 59 S2 Q18

Contrary to Malthus's arguments, human food-producingcapacity has increased ... ...

The statement that human food-producing capacity has increased more rapidly than human population plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
(A) It is a hypothesis the argument provides reasons for believing to be presently false.
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
(E) ...

*This question is included in Complete Section: LR-A, Dec. '09 LSAT (PT 59 Sec. 2)