Assertion:. Gathering has a high chance of becoming important at the global level.
Reasoning: In modern times some gathering is market oriented and has become commercial.

Assertion (A) is not true but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Gathering has little chance of becoming important at the global level. Products of such an activity cannot compete in the world market. Moreover, synthetic products often of better quality and at lower prices, have replaced many items supplied by the gatherers in tropical forests