(a) Distinguish between spacing and thinning in crop production.

(b) Discuss the cultivation of oil palm under the following headings:
(i)  botanical name;
(ii) two varieties;
(iii) method of propagation;
(iv) soil requirement;
(v)  spacing on the field;
(vi) Diseases.  

 

(c) Enumerate six ways in which forest resources are important to the economy of West Africa.  

(d) What is apiculture?