Majority of the candidates showed an appreciable improvement in their ability to:
state ways in which science and technology have contributed to agricultural
development (i.e. crop protection, climatology and meteorology);
give the functions of farm machines and implements (i.e. bulldozer, combine
harvester, tractor, sprayer and planter);
list the differences between subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture in a
tabular form;
state the advantages and disadvantages of sources of farmpower (i.e. wind, internal
combustion engine and electricity);
list the methods by which soil fertility could be maintained;
explain ways in which the methods contribute to the maintenance of soil fertility;
define the term soil tillage;
outline the roles of soil management practices such as green manuring and mulching;
give reasons for carrying out irrigation in crop production;
define vegetative propagation;
give the advantages and disadvantages of vegetative propagation;
state the cultural methods used for controlling crops pests in the field;
enumerate the harmful effects of chemical pest control;
distinguish between a field pest and a storage pest;
give reasons for early harvesting of maize from the field;
list the factors that should be considered in selecting a crop variety for a locality;
state ways in which rangeland is important in livestock production;
state the benefits of management practices in animal production (i.e. dipping,
vaccination and artificial insemination);
give the advantages and disadvantages of the deep litter system of poultry
management;
state reasons for carrying out animal husbandry practices such as castration of goats
and creep feeding of pigs;
name local breeds of cattle reared in West Africa;
explain the term farm credit;

list sources of farm credit;
state the meaning of agricultural extension;
state demerits of cooperative societies.