Question: Question one [Marks 8] Define the following concepts as applied in agricultural trade: Offer curve [2] Marginal rate of transformation [2] Opportunity cost of corn
Question one [Marks 8]
- Define the following concepts as applied in agricultural trade:
- Offer curve [2]
- Marginal rate of transformation [2]
- Opportunity cost of corn in terms of textiles [2]
- Production Possibility Frontier [2]
- Specialization [2]
Question two [Marks 26]
Answer the following questions based on the table below
| Commodity | South Africa | Zimbabwe |
| Textiles (1 ton) | 4 | 6 |
| Corn (1 yard) | 2 | 12 |
- Assuming that labour endowment in South Africa and Zimbabwe are six and eighteen units, respectively, with the given labour requirements for producing corn and textiles in SA and Zimbabwe.
- Provide production equilibrium equation for both countries. [4]
- Calculate the maximum amount of corn and textiles that can be produced in SA and Zimbabwe. [8]
- Plot a Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) graph for both countries. [4]
- When price of corn is R200 and of textiles is R150. Calculate income for both countries. [6]
- Plot a family of income lines with the same level of prices from the previous question. [4]
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