Agriculture Past Questions And Answers
Agricultural credits given to farmers in form of cash are used by the farmer to
- A. disseminate the lastest technique in farming
- B. implement new policies
- C. investigate the cause of low agricultural production
- D. pay for expenses in his farming business
(a) Explain briefly each of the following economic concepts (i) scarcity (ii) scale of preference
(b) Give four reasons why agricultural insurance is important
(c) State five fishery regulations in West Africa
(d) Give five reasons why beekeeping is important
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 THEORYThe following animals are polygastric animals except
- A. Pigs
- B. Cattle
- C. Deer
- D. Sheep
The symptoms of coffee leaf rust are
- A. leaf spots, loss of vigour and death of the leaves
- B. wilting and death of plant
- C. damping off and etiolation
- D. leaf spots and damping off
The main reason for castrating farm animals is to
- A. remove male odour
- B. make the animal sterile
- C. increase meat production
- D. make them lose weight
Pigs wallow in muddy pools of water primarily to
- A. ensure adequate exercise
- B. obtain forage materials
- C. dislodge ectoparasite from their body
- D. lower their body temperature
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good pasture?
- A. high palatability
- B. high nutritive value
- C. high digestibility
- D. low leaf to stem ration
An advantage of commercial agriculture is that it
- A. requires small space
- B. requires skilled labour
- C. produces high returns
- D. involves low capital
Which of the following statement is not true about waterlogged soils?
- A. such soils are heavily leached
- B. dentrifying bacteria are more active in such soil than nitrifying bacteria
- C. nitrosomonas yield bet in such soils
- D. soil temperature is usually low
Which of the following statements about colostrum is false? it is
- A. an evaporated milk
- B. the first milk produced after parturition
- C. high in antibodies
- D. rich in proteins and vitamins