Waec Agricultural Science 1990 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 1990

Farm records and account help the farmer to

A. Manage his farm as a business
B. Repair his tools and machinery
C. Transport his crop to the market
D. Be less dependent on farming for an income
E. Adopt modern techniques of farming

Question 47:

• WAEC 1990

The disbanded produce marketing boards in Nigeria dealt with the following commodities except

A. Oil palm
B. Rubber
C. Cocoa
D. Groundnut
E. Yam

Question 48:

• WAEC 1990

Agricultural extension programme would succeed in disseminating new ideas to farmers except if the programme

A. Is based on research tested on local conditions
B. Involves the people for which the programme is planned
C. Involved only the support to highly trained agricultural extension specialist
D. Is not kept flexible to contemporary technology
E. Is based on planned agricultural programmes

Question 49:

• WAEC 1990

Discuss eight problems of agricultural development in Nigeria and suggest one possible solution to each of the problems

Question 50:

• WAEC 1990

a) i) What Is farm surveying ? (ii) Outline the importance of farm surveying. (b) List and discuss four survey equipment commonly used in the farm.