Majority of the candidates showed an appreciable improvement in their ability to:

• explain what is meant by subsistence agriculture;
• explain what is meant by communal land tenure system;
• state two objectives of each of the following agricultural development programmes: farm settlement schemes; river basin authorities and agricultural development projects;
• state four characteristics of a fertile soil;
• discuss briefly three factors that affect land availability for agricultural production in West Africa;
• state four benefits of draining farm lands;
• list two sources of soil nitrogen;
• list four factors that affect the type of soil formed in a place;
• state two agricultural uses of land;
• state two non agricultural uses of land;
• state two functions and two deficiency symptoms of phosphorus in crops;
• mention two ways in which soil structure is important in agriculture;
• explain what is meant by natural pasture;
• state four characteristics of natural pastures in West Africa;
• give two uses of sugar cane;
• name two varieties of oil palm;
• explain what is meant by incubation in poultry production;
• list four factors that affect pasture establishment in West Africa;
• in a tabular form, state the causal organism and two symptoms of each of brucellosis and new castle diseases;
• explain the term malnutrition as used in animal production;
• state four effects of malnutrition on farm animals;
• state four objectives of animal improvement programmes in West Africa;
• distinguish between the terms loan and subsidy as used in agricultural financing
• define the term supply;
• enumerate four functions of an agricultural extension agent.