What is the central idea of the passage about the apricot cooperative in Gilgit-Baltistan?

Read the passage: In a mountain village in Gilgit-Baltistan, apricot trees produce far more fruit each summer than families can eat fresh, and much of it used to rot on the ground. Five years ago a group of women formed a cooperative to dry the surplus fruit on clean wooden racks instead of on rooftops, where dust and birds often spoiled it. They packed the dried apricots in sealed bags with simple printed labels and began selling them to shops in Gilgit and, later, in Islamabad. The income has paid for a sewing centre and school books for many children. Other villages in the valley have now asked the cooperative to train them in the same methods.

1. A Option A: Drying fruit on rooftops is the best traditional method.
2. B Option B: Village women turned wasted fruit into a source of income for their community.
3. C Option C: Shops in Islamabad refuse to sell local products.
4. D Option D: Apricot trees grow only in Gilgit-Baltistan.

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