The candidates were able to:

• explain the term commercial farming;
• mention agricultural produce used by canning,beverage industries and feed mill;
• describe horizons A and D of the soil profile;
• outline ways of replenishing plant nutrients in the soil;
• list soil organisms;
• discuss the cultivation of cassava under soil requirements, spacing, disease and pest;
• explain the terms disease as used in crop production and regeneration as a forest management practice;
• state the effects of deforestation;
• explain the term animal nutrition;
• state the functions of oestrogen in animal reproduction;
• explain what is meant by ornamental plants;
• state the vegetative methods that could be used to propagate ornamental plants;
• define elasticity of demand;
• explain the term collateral;
• state the merits and demerits of the retailer;
• list ways of preserving fish;
• discuss the cultivation of groundnut under soil requirements, method of propagation and methods of storage; and
• mention field pests and storage pests of maize.