Candidate's Strength

Majority of the candidates were able to:

• explain the roles of government in relation to pest and disease control as well as  marketing of agricultural produce;
• classify crops based on their life cycle;
• enumerate the effects of pollution on agricultural lands and ponds;
• state the methods of dispersal of weeds;
• list the components of a typical soil with their percentage volume;
• state the methods of applying inorganic fertilizer to the soil;
• discuss the cultivation of oil palm;
• enumerate  ways in which forest resources are important to the economy of West Africa;
• define apiculture;
• perform calculations on depreciation;
• describe demand schedule and supply curve.