Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
A farming practice that encourages the depletion of soil fertility is
- A. planting of cover crops
- B. crop rotation
- C. manual weeding
- D. continuous cropping
The factor of production include the following except
- A. marketing
- B. labour
- C. capital
- D. land
The cut and carry system of feeding livestock is termed
- A. rotational grazing
- B. zero grazing
- C. mixed grazing
- D. controlled grazing
The table below illustrates the supply schedule of maize. Use it to answer this question.
| PRICE(#) | QUANTITY SUPPLIED(kg) |
| 24 | 480 |
| 16 | 400 |
- A. 0.3
- B. 0.4
- C. 0.5
- D. 0.6
Water which rises above the water table in the soil and is held in fine medium pores between soil particles by surface tension is?
- A. hygroscopic water
- B. gravitational water
- C. capillary water
- D. percolating water
Which of the following crops is usually classified as a vegetable?
- A. Lycopersicon esculentum
- B. Ananas sativa
- C. Hevea brasiliensis
- D. Theobroma cacao
The most active agent of physical weathering of rocks in arid regions is
- A. ice
- B. water
- C. wind
- D. animals
(a) State four functions of each of the following macro-nutrients in plant nutrition: (i) nitrogen; (ii) phosphorus; (iii) potassium. [12 marks] (b) List four factors that affect the availability of nutrients to crops. [4 marks]
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2003 THEORY(a) A farmer purchased a tractor in the year 2000 for D 12, 000.00. In 2009, the tractor was
sold for D 3,000.00 as it was no longer economical to keep. Calculate the:
(i) useful life of the tractor;
(ii) salvage value of the tractor;
(iii) total depreciation of the tractor;
(iv) annual depreciation of the tractor.
(b) Describe the following terms as used in agricultural economics:
(i) demand schedule;
(ii) supply curve.
(c) Listfour agricultural extension agencies in West Africa.
(d) Statefour ways through which soils are enriched with nitrogen.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2019 THEORY
The purpose of vaccination is to
- A. treat parasites infestation
- B. prevent disease infection
- C. control parasites
- D. treat diseases