Economics (AS & A Level) · May / June 2022 · Paper 14 · Question 2

A farmer with a fixed area of land grows two crops, wheat and barley. Some land used for barley is flooded and cannot be used. The farmer then starts to plant genetically modified (GM) wheat that produces wheat more efficiently on the land that is not flooded. Which diagram shows the most likely effect of these changes on the farmer's production possibility curve (PPC) as it moves from XX to YY?

1. ADiagram A
2. BDiagram B
3. CDiagram C
4. DDiagram D

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