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Strength
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Majority of the candidates were able to:
- mention the roles of government in the development of agriculture in their country;
- state the reasons why farm mechanization is not widely practiced in West Africa;
- give the advantages of manual labour over the use of machines in farm operations;
- state the problems of agricultural development in West Africa;
- enumerate the benefits of commercial farming;
- distinguish between macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients;
- mention the factors that influence the availability of nutrients in the soil;
- give the advantages and disadvantages of surface drainage;
- state the benefits of forests to the economic development of their country;
- mention the effects of diseases on crops;
- name the cereal crops grown in their country;
- list the major groups of insect-pests;
- list intensive systems of poultry management;
- state the advantage and disadvantage of intensive systems of poultry management;
- enumerate the signs of heat in farm animals;
- define ovulation and lactation;
- list the classes of animal feeds based on their nutrient composition;
- define agricultural financing;
- mention the sources of financing agriculture; and
- state the functions performed by extension workers in the country.
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