Agricultural Science — 2005

Inadequate food production in most developing countries is due to

Which of the following groups of basic amenities should be provided in rural areas foe improves agricultural productivity?

Government laws and reforms are aimed at

In order to ensure that crop and animal diseases are not transferred across international boundaries, government must

The role of science and technology in the development of agriculture includes the following except

The total land area of a country available for farming depends on the

The scarcity of land often compels peasant farmers to practice

In West Africa, a greater part of the land is used for

A piece of land can be considered more suitable for livestock production than for crop production when it is

The first vegetation zone which runs across the coast of most West African countries is the

The most active agent of physical weathering in arid regions is

Soils in forest areas would normally have

Clay particles hold cations because they

Under which of the following conditions will organic matter in the soil decompose fastest?

Which of the following materials can be applied to the soil in order to correct yellowing of leaves?

One importance of cover crops is that they

The appropriate irrigation method for upland rice field is

Drainage refers to

Energy in fossil materials may be harnessed as

A decorticator is useful in the processing of

Which of the following types of survey reveals the physical features of farmlands?

Calculate the area of a rectangular vegetable garden measuring 100m by 26m in hectares.

Farm mechanization does not

A prolonged wet season at the early stage of growth in cotton will lead to

The by-product in plant photosynthesis is

Which of the following reasons explain why fertilizers are added to soils?

A crop which is usually propagated sexually is

Transplanting is best carried out in the evening because

Some cassava tubers are poisonous to non-ruminant because they contain

Which of the following factors does not affect the distribution of pasture grasses?

Selective exploitation means felling trees of

Streak disease of crop commonly attacks

Most viral diseases of plants are transmitted by

Viral diseases of crop plants are best controlled by

The following problems are likely to be caused by insects except

Weed plants which grow on other plants without deriving nutrients from them are called

When a farmland is heavily infested with striga, it may be concluded that the farmland

Mulching

An accessory sex gland in a bull is

The most important reason for low livestock population in the rain forest zone is the

Which of the following feedstuffs does not contain phosphorous?

When an animal eats wood and licks iron railing instead of the diet given to it, it is likely that the

An indication that chicks are comfortable in a brooder is that they

Mastitis is a disease which affects the

The following are signs of ill-health in farm animals except

A protozoon organism causes

An animal infected by trypanosomiasis usually develops

The purpose of vaccination is to

Which of the following livestock endoparasites is a hermaphrodite?

The most effective method of controlling ectoparasites in farm animals is by regular

A common means of aerating a fish pond is by stirring the water and

Heterosis in animal breeding is referred to as

In areas where labour is scarce and land is abundant, farmers tend to

The supply of farm produce to markets in West Africa is mostly dictated by

Farm insurance schemes do not cover losses due to

The main aim of preparing a farm income and expenditure statement is to

Which marketing agent normally makes the biggest profit margin per unit? The

The most inappropriate means of disseminating new ideas and techniques to the peasant farmer is by use of