Candidate's Strength

        The candidates were able to:

• - mention ways in which non-governmental organizations contribute to agricultural development in West Africa;
• - mention the socio-economic uses of land;
• - explain ways by which soil organisms and soil texture affect agricultural production;
• - mention simple farm tools;
• - describe soil components such as mineral matter and organic matter;
• - name the method of propagation, disease and field pests of Cowpea;
• - state human activities that promote deforestation in West Africa;
• - mention the functions of a farm manager;
• - draw a demand curve;
• - explain the relationship between quantity demanded and price;
• - state the advantages of the wholesaler in marketing of agricultural produce;
• - discuss the rinderpest disease;
• - discuss the cercospora leaf spot disease.