A good number of candidates who attempted this question scored fairly above average marks. Generally, candidates were able to provide correct answers for the (a) and (b) parts of the question. The (c) part of the question was however not well answered. Most candidates wrote down the factors that could affect supply generally and not reasons which may cause increase in the supply of rice as it was required in the question.
These candidates failed to state any three of the following:
- improvement in technology;
- favourable weather conditions;
- increase in the number of producers or importers of rice;
- reduction in taxation which stimulates production or importation of rice;
- increase in subsidies to rice producers;
- reduction in the prices of inputs related to the production of rice.
