Read this passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Farming is the most important aspect of agriculture that has attracted attention within the last few years. Agriculture has several other aspects like fishery, livestock and poultry. All these are also important in that they have to do with the production of food items which human beings consume for survival.
In many parts of the world today, farming has been regarded as the mainstay of the economy. Crops such as cocoa, rubber and cotton have been produced in such commercial quantities that they are sold to other countries.
Some countries have better comparative advantage in producing certain farm crops than other countries. In these other countries, there is the need to spend a lot of money on agriculture, particularly farming.
Most farmers use outmoded tools. A lot of them have no place to store their crops, most of which are always destroyed by insects and pests before harvest time. All these have adverse effects on their productivity.
The government can do a lot to help farmers. Farmer's cooperative societies can he encouraged and loans can be made available to farmers through government institutions, like banks and Finance corporation. Farmers can be taught how to build good storage structures for their products. All these and a lot more can help to
improve the conditions of farming in these countries.
A lot of crops harvested are wasted because farmers ____________
A. Allow insects and pests to destroy their crops B. Do not have enough money to invest in harvesters C. Do not have good storage facilities D. Harvest too much at a time
