Which of the following problem does not cause wastage of farm produce?
WAEC Agricultural Science 2018 Past Questions
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(a) List and discuss the factors hindering Agricultural development in West Africa under the following headings:
(i) Basic amenities
(ii) Farm inputs
Which of the following statements is not a reason for providing tractor-hiring services to farmers? To
(a) List four functions of soil water to crops.
(b) Enumerate five factors that could cause low soil pH.
(c) Briefly discuss the life cycle of Liver Fluke.
The land tenure system which involves the outright purchase of land is
(a) Briefly discuss the cultivation of cassava under the following:
(i) Soil requirement (ii) Land Preparation (iii) Spacing (iv) Weed Control (iv) Fertilizer Requirement (vii) Harvesting (viii) Storage
(b) Complete the following table under the following.
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Name of Diseases | Causal Organism | Farm animal | Symptoms |
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| i | Coccidiosis | ||||
| ii | Rinderpes |

The diagram above illustrates a farm equipment. What is its use on the farm?
(a) What is Land Tenure System
(b) Define Weed
(c) Discuss Groundnut rosette disease under the following sub-headings.
(i) Causal organism (ii) Mode of transmission (iii) Symptoms (iv) Control
(d) List the characteristics of the following factors of production (i) Land (ii) Capital

In the diagram above illustrating a farm equipment, the function of the part labelled I is
(a) List four management practices carried out in poultry production.
(b) Discuss four advantages of dehorning in cattle production.
(c) State five marketing services in Agricultural Production
(d) Briefly state five problems of agricultural marketing in West Africa
Which of the following implements is not a tractor-coupled implement?
(a) What is Colotrum?
(b) Draw and label the transverse section of an egg.
(c) Complete this table on Law of Diminishing Returns
(i) — (ii) 3kg (ii) 11kg (iv) 28kg (v) 40kg (vi) 8kg (vii) 1 kg (viii) 0kg
Which of the following statements is not true about electrical power? It
The survey equipment used for measuring angular distance is
The practice of growing arable and forage crops alternately on a piece of land is called
Which of the following groups of raw materials are used in textile industries?
Which of the following is an example of igneous rock?
The chemical composition of soil is mostly influenced by
The structure of loam could be described as

The aim of the experiment illustrated above is to

The purpose of the part labelled I in the experiment illustrated above is to
A beneficial effect of bush burning on the soil is the
Which of the following practices does not replenish lost soil nutrients?
The use of inorganic fertilizer is preferable to organic manure because inorganic fertilizer
Which of the following statement describes an advantage of underground drainage? It
Which of the following crops is usually classified as a vegetable?
A groundnut variety produces a steady yield of 350kg per hectare. What will be the yield of the variety on a 10-hectare farm?
Thinning is a farm operation in which
Which of the following plants is not a pasture grass?
One advantage of cross breeding is that the
Assuming that brown colour is dominant over black colour in cowpea, what percentage of the F1 will have brown colour , if a homozygous brown cowpea is crossed with a homozygous black cowpea?
Ornamental plants are commonly used for the following purposes except
Hibiscus and croton are examples of
A disadvantage of vegetative propagation is that
An effective method of preventing viral diseases in crops is by
A groundnut plant showing stunted growth with yellow or mottled leaves is likely to be infected with

The diagram above illustrates a crop pest. What kind of pest is this?

The diagram above is a crop pest. A cultural method used in controlling the pest illustrated is

In the diagram of the digestive tract of a farm animal illustrated above, deamination is a function of the part labelled
The diagram above illustrates the digestive tract of a farm animal. Digestion of protein starts in the part labelled

In the diagram illustrated above, fertilization takes place in the part labelled
In the diagram illustrated above, chalaza is formed in the part labelled
A farmer observed that all his day-old chicks clustered around the source of heat in a brooder house. This observation is likely due to
Which of the following practices ensures that a young animal has resistance against diseases?

The animal by-product illustrated in the diagram above may be prepared and fed to farm animals as a source of

The animal by-product illustrated in the diagram above is not used in making
Vitamin K deficiency in farm animals causes
Which of the following methods is not used in collecting semen for artificial insemination?
Complete eradication of tsetse flies will be an effective control measure for
Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?