Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
(a) Enumerate six factors that limit food production in West Africa. [6 marks]
(b) State three advantages and three disadvantages of solar energy as a source of farm power. [6 marks]
(c) List four tractor-coupled implements [4 marks]
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYWhen farmers engages in both plant and animal husbandry, he is practising
- A. lay farming
- B. mixed framing
- C. mixed cropping
- D. crop rotation
A farmstead should be located close to a source of water because of the following reasons except
- A. reduction of overhead cost
- B. operation of efficient irrigation system
- C. processing of farm produce
- D. erosion of farm structures
Adequate knowledge of climate is useful in determining the following except
- A. method of land clearing to adopt
- B. tillage practices
- C. crop and livestock management practices
- D. marketing practices and stategies
Which of the following is the correct trend in the historical development of power on the farm?
- A. animal power-man power-mechanical power
- B. man power-animal power-mechanical power
- C. man power-mechanical power-animal power
- D. animal power-mechanical power-man power
The disease which affects only animals other than humans is
- A. anthrax
- B. rinderpest
- C. brucellosis
- D. trypanosomiasis
The effects of practicing crop rotation include the following except
- A. maintaining and improving soil fertility
- B. controlling soil erosion
- C. adding humus to the soil
- D. preventing the build-up of pests and diseases
Which of the following is not a leafy vegetable?
- A. lycopersicon esculentum
- B. amaranthus spp
- C. celsosia spp
- D. corchorus spp
Streak disease of maize is caused by
- A. virus
- B. nematode
- C. fungus
- D. bacterium
The type of labour available to peasant farmers is
- A. family labour
- B. paid labour
- C. skilled labour
- D. migrant labour