Skip to main content
A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/12 · Feb/Mar 2019 · Q141 Mark

A government wishes to raise the incomes of farmers without raising the price of food to consumers. Which policy should it use?

Amaximum price below the market price for food
Bminimum price below the market price for food
Cpayment of a subsidy to farmers to produce food
Drelease of government food stocks onto the market

✓ Correct answer

C: payment of a subsidy to farmers to produce food

Practise more questions on this topic

Oracle Prep sorts past-paper questions by topic, so you can drill Government microeconomic intervention and see which topics are most likely to come up next.

Sign up free →

About this question

Topic
Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2019 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 14.

Questions and mark schemes are from past examination papers and remain the copyright of the exam board. How Oracle Prep builds its content

Related Economics questions

© 2026 Oracle Prep