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**The crops failed due to drought; ___ , farmers received government compensation.** Best transition:

Ahowever
Bfurthermore
Cdespite this
Dsubsequently
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. subsequently
Farmer compensation came AFTER the drought-caused crop failure — a time sequence. 'Subsequently' (afterwards, later) captures this temporal relationship. 'However'/'despite this' would suggest contrast (which is partly implied but the temporal sense is the primary one here). 'Furthermore' adds info without time relation.
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