Most of the candidates were unable to:

• State ways in which farmstead planning is important
• List types of soil structure
• Give  ways in which soil structure is important in crop production
• Describe an experiment to show the presence of living micro-organisms in a sample of fresh garden soil, under the following headings: apparatus and materials, procedure, observation and conclusion
• Define seed viability
• State characteristics of good quality seeds
• Explain the term cultural practice as used in crop production
• List cultural practices that are carried out during crop production
• List characteristics of the white leghorn breed of fowls
• Explain the term fodder as used in animal nutrition
• Calculate stocking rate of Tilapia spp and catfish fingerlings in a pond
• Distinguish between result demonstration and method demonstration in agricultural extension

In view of the weaknesses noted above, the chief examiners advised that

•   the teaching and learning of agriculture should be made more practical oriented with  adequate exposure of candidates to modern ways of farming;

• Agricultural Science graduates should be made to teach the subject for an in-depth understanding by the students.