CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS

Majority of the candidates were able to:
- list the land tenure systems common in West Africa;
- explain ways of improving agricultural mechanization in West Africa;
- discuss the cultivation of groundnut;
- state the side effects of chemical control method of pests on the farm ;
- list examples of physical and economic factors that affect the availability of land for agricultural purposes;
- describe the life cycle of yam beetle;
- distinguish between pre-planting and post-planting operations in crop production;
- explain agricultural extension.