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You are the Economic Consultant for Zuku Farms Ghana Limited. Zuku produces cowpea in a community where producers are able to switch back and forth between cowpea and groundnut depending on market conditions. Consequently, you were tasked by the management of Zuku and you estimated the demand function for cowpea as follows: where is the quantity of cowpea demanded in bags per month, is the average price of cowpea in Ghana Cedis, is the average price of groundnut in Ghana Cedis, and Y is the income of consumers. Assuming is initially GH¢31.00 per bag, Y is GH¢1001.50. Also that your estimated supply function for cowpea is as follows: QS = -25 + 3.5PC -1.5Pf – 0.5Pg + 0.25R
Where Qs is the quantity supplied of cowpea in bags, Pc and Pg are as defined above, Pf is the price of fertilizer per bag, R is the amount of rainfall (in inches).
If Pf = GH¢10, R= 40 inches and Pg= GH¢31.00
Find the resulting supply function for cowpea and determine the equilibrium price and quantity.…
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The market for coffee (drink) in the country of Kopimana is perfectly competitive.
Kopimana is a small exporter of coffee beans, where the crop is grown by many small
farm-holdings. Suppose that bad weather conditions destroyed a significant proportion
of the coffee bean crop in Kopimana which reduced the income of the coffee bean
farmers. To assist these farmers, the government of Kopimana decided to give them an
export subsidy such that the quantity of coffee beans exported by Kopimana would
remain constant (unchanged). Based on the scenario described, answer the following
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producers be better-off, worse-off, or as well-off as before? Explain your analysis
and illustrate using demand and supply curves.
(Hint: you may include a welfare table to support your analysis).
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