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.