WAEC GCE AGRIC THEORY, OBJ AND PRACTICAL ANSWERS

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(1a)
– Individual land ownership
(i) Land can be used as collateral
(ii) cooperate farming is difficult to practice
(iii) permanent farming can be grown

– Commercial land ownership
(i) Land cannot be used for collateral
(ii) permanent crops cannot be grown
(iii) cooperate farming is easily to practice

(1b)
(i)Lacks incentive for land development
(ii)Low yields due to overstocking
(iii)Poor stock breeding programmes
(iv)Difficult to control pests, parasites and diseases
(v)Lowers the carrying capacity of the land

(1c)
[Pick any five]
(a) it is cheap
(b) maximum contact enables closer and better observation
(c) allows for selective operation in any cropping system
(d) lower energy expended than mechanical energy
(e) intelligence enables man to control other sources of farm power
(f) can be used for jobs that require precision
(g) easily available.
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(6a)
(i) Specific enterprise insurance. This is an insurance policy that covers a particular farming enterprise e.g. crop insurance, livestock insurance.

(ii) The fire disaster insurance policy offers cover against an unexpected loss or damage to property due to fire or other risks covered under the policy agreement.

(iii) Life insurance is a form of insurance in which a person makes regular payments to an insurance company, in return for a sum of money to be paid to them after a period of time, or to their family if they die.

(6b)
– Producer:
(i) Producers are impartial.
(ii) Producers bring out musical ideas you didn’t know you had.
(iii) Producers help give you direction.
(iv) Producers educate you and help you grow.

– Marketing board
(i) Marketing Accelerates Other Activities
(ii) Marketing Increases the National Income:
(iii) Marketing Raises the Standard of Living
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