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The diagram represents the market for maize. What might shift $S_1$ to $S_2$ ?

Aa rise in the wages of maize workers

Ba decrease in the productivity of maize workers

Can increased government subsidy to maize farm workers

Dstarting up new cotton farms

Explanation: S2 is to the right of S1 (an increase in supply). An increased government subsidy to maize farm workers reduces production costs, causing supply to increase (shift right).

ZIMSEC Economics Paper 1, June 2009, Q7

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