CANDIDATES’ STRENGTHS

          Majority of the candidates were able to:

• state the differences between freehold and leasehold land tenure systems;
• give reasons why agriculture has not been fully mechanized in West Africa;
• differentiate between a forest and a pasture;
• list pasture management practices in West Africa;
• enumerate the characteristics of sedimentary rocks;
• list the farm structures used in storing harvested crops;
• mention the effects of lice in poultry production;
• explain ornamental plants as well as the maintenance practices carried out on it;
• discuss Newcastle disease in question 5(a).
• state the functions of the liver and kidney in farm animals;
• explain agricultural credit, farm valuation and cash record;
• mention the uses of poultry eggs to humans.