2. Comparative and absolute advantage Carlos and Deborah are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of barley and alfaifa each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing barley or alfalfa or to produce barley on some of the land and alfaifa on the rest. has an absolute advantage in the production of barlay, and has an absolute advantage in the production of aifaifa. Carlos's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of alfalfa is alfalfa is bushels of bariey, Because Carlos has a bushels of barley, whereas Deborah's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of comparative advantage in the production of aifaifa, and opportunity cost of droducing aifalfa than Deborah, has a has a comparative advantage in the production of barley. 2. Comparative and absolute advantage Carlos and Deborah are farmers. Each one owns a 20-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of barley and alfaifa each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing barley or alfalfa or to produce barley on some of the land and alfaifa on the rest. has an absolute advantage in the production of barlay, and has an absolute advantage in the production of aifaifa. Carlos's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of alfalfa is alfalfa is bushels of bariey, Because Carlos has a bushels of barley, whereas Deborah's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of comparative advantage in the production of aifaifa, and opportunity cost of droducing aifalfa than Deborah, has a has a comparative advantage in the production of barley