What effect would an insect resistant pesticide that causes the crop to be infested to only half of what it was last year have on supply demand and equllibrium shifts?
The pesticide which lowers crop infestation rate will increase crop harvest, which will increase market supply. This will shift the supply curve toward right, decreasing price and increasing quantity.
In following graph, D0 & S0 are initial demand & supply curves intersecting at point A with initial price P0 and quantity Q0. When supply rises, S0 shifts right to S1, intersecting D0 at point B with lower price P1 and higher quantity Q1.
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