Candidates Weakness
Candidates were unable to:
- state the solutions to crude farm tools as a factor militating against the development of agriculture in West Africa;
- explain the factors that affect farmstead planning;
- state the disadvantages of farm mechanization;
- calculate the area of farmland in hectares;
- calculate the number of yam setts required by a farmer and the amount needed by the farmer to purchase the yam setts required to cultivate whole farmland;
- define the term brooding in poultry production;
- state the problems encountered by farmers in obtaining agricultural credit in West Africa;
- explain the methods of selection in animal improvement.
Based on the observed weaknesses the Chief Examiners recommended as follow:
- Aspects of the syllabus such as farm mechanization/Agricultural engineering, crop and animal improvement, agricultural extension amongst others should be emphasized by teachers; and
- Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.