  Instead of adhering to the usual explanation of the Cronin effect in terms of
the broadening of the parton transverse momentum in the initial state, we show
that the enhancement of hadron production at moderate $p_T$ in d+Au collisions
is due to the recombination of soft and shower partons in the final state. Such
a mechanism can readily explain the decrease of the Cronin effect with
increasing rapidity. Furthermore, the effect should be larger for protons than
for pions.
