Agriculture Paper 3, WASSCE (SC), 2016

Candidate's Strengths

The candidates were able to:

- suggest a suitable title for an experiment illustrated by a diagram;

- identify the soil samples in an experiment illustrated by a diagram;

- state with reason, which soil sample is prone to waterlogging from an experiment illustrated by a diagram;

- describe specimen A (Ranging pole);

- state the uses of specimens A (Ranging pole), B (Survey pin) and C (Measuring tape);

- state the ways of maintaining specimens A (Ranging pole), B (Survey pin) and C (Measuring tape);

- classify specimens G (Grasshopper) and H (Bean beetle) according to their feeding habits;

- name the parts of crops damaged by specimens G (Grasshopper) and H (Bean beetle);

- state the ways of controlling specimens I (Bird) and J (Rat); - name the industries that use specimens N (Bone) and O (Egg); - state the ways of controlling specimen Q (Roundworm) on the farm.