Candidates Weakness

 Candidates were unable to:

• state the solutions to crude farm tools as a factor militating against the development of agriculture in West Africa;
• explain the factors that affect farmstead planning;
• state the disadvantages of farm mechanization;
• calculate the area of farmland in hectares;
• calculate the number of yam setts required by a farmer and the amount needed by the farmer to purchase the yam setts required to cultivate whole farmland;
• define the term brooding in poultry production;
• state the problems encountered by farmers in obtaining agricultural credit in West Africa;
• explain the methods of selection in animal improvement.

Based on the observed weaknesses the Chief Examiners recommended as follow:

• Aspects of the syllabus such as farm mechanization/Agricultural engineering,  crop and animal improvement, agricultural extension amongst others should be emphasized by teachers; and
• Only graduates of Agricultural Science/Agriculture should be allowed to teach the subject in Senior Secondary Schools in West Africa.