WAEC Agricultural Science 1997 Past Questions

Discuss briefly the essential features of the following (a) communal land tenure (b) individual land tenure and their effects on Agriculture

Discuss briefly four sources of farm power

(a) (i) Define weathering (ii) State two types of weathering 

(b) Discuss briefly four factors which influence weathering

(a)(i) State six uses of lime in Agriculture (ii) List four common liming materials

(b) State (i) Three examples of nitrogenous fertilizer: (ii) three examples of a phosphorous fertilizer

Write short notes on four of the following: (a) deforestation (b) regeneration (c) afforestation (d) selective exploitation (e) Taungya system.

(a) Define the term hybridization (b) State five aims of crop improvement. (c) Describe a monohybrid cross as explained by Mendel's Law of segregation. Illustrate your answers with clearly labelled diagrams.

Differentiate between the digestive systems of the sheep and poultry. Illustrate your answers with clearly labelled diagrams.

Explain briefly four of the following terms in animal production (a) oestrus cycle (b) heat period (c) gestation period (d) parturition (e) colostrum.

(a) Explain briefly each of the following types of credits in agricultural production: (i) short term credit (ii) mediunfo term credit (iii) long term credit.

(b) (i) List four sources of agricultural credit. (ii) Explain briefly four reasons why farmers find it difficult to get loans from banks

Explain the following terms: (a) salvage value (b) farm inventory (c) farm assets (d) point of diminishing return (e) depreciation.