________ are less quick to accepting innovations which might be largely due to some of the aforementioned factors
- A. Never adopters
- B. Late adopters
- C. Early adopters
- D. Innovators
______ introduce new ideas of farming seen in other places to their dwelling.
- A. Innovators
- B. Early adopters
- C. Late adopters
- D. Never adopters
The following are categories of farmers based on adoption of innovation except
- A. Innovators
- B. Early adopters
- C. Late adopters
- D. Never innovators
There are________ Steps or stages of Diffusion process
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
The following problems are encountered by an agricultural extension agent except
- A. Language barriers
- B. Uncoordinated efforts by government agencies
- C. High level of literacy among farmers
- D. High level of illiteracy among farmers
________ is all written ideas and innovation for literate to read, understand and apply.
- A. A bulletin
- B. A television
- C. A poster
- D. A radio
__________ is a pictorial presentation meant to educate or inform the literate audience
- A. Bulletin
- B. Paper
- C. News
- D. Poster
Which of the following is a disadvantages of mass method
- A. It is very expensive to operate
- B. It is not time consuming
- C. Larger audience can be reached
- D. Does not necessarily require the presence of an agent
The following are extension methods except
- A. mass media method
- B. group method
- C. individual method
- D. none of the above
Television, radio, posters, bulletin are ____ method of extension
- A. group
- B. single
- C. mass media
- D. individual
Agricultural extension serves as ____ between research institute and farmers
- A. command centers
- B. bridge
- C. extension
- D. gap
___________ is a process of spreading new ideas and information from research station to reach farm families
- A. Osmosis
- B. Diffusion
- C. Turgidity
- D. Flaccidity
Roles of an extension agent includes the following except
- A. He does not liaises with other agencies
- B. He plans and executes farming educational programmes
- C. He supervises the utilization of agricultural loans
- D. He conducts or organizes training for farmers
A person who is involved in the dissemination of new ideas and techniques from the research institutes to the farmers is called
- A. Biological Extension Officer
- B. Geographical Extension Officer
- C. Agent
- D. Agricultural Extension Officer
Broadcast Crop Planter is designed
- A. to plant seeds along the rows in a ridge.
- B. to place the correct number of seed(s) into a hole with regular spacing within and between rows
- C. to plant seeds by random scattering of seeds about the field.
- D. to place the correct number of seeds into the soil
_______ is a secondary tillage implement
- A. Harrow
- B. Plough
- C. Ridger
- D. Disc plough
The following are advantages of using disc plough over mouldboard plough in West Africa except
- A. Disc plough makes deeper cuts than mouldboard plough
- B. Disc plough buries weeds more completely than mouldboard plough
- C. The disc plough is designed to roll over stumps and obstacles which may easily damage the edges of mouldboard plough
- D. Mouldboard plough makes deeper cuts than disc plough
Which of the following is not a component of an incubator ?
- A. electric heater
- B. temperature
- C. thermostat
- D. Insulator
Bulldozer is used for the following purpose except
- A. bush clearing
- B. felling trees and stumps
- C. leveling the ground
- D. planting of trees
Bulldozers are powerful tractors and expensive machines with a
- A. broad steel blade
- B. narrow steel blade
- C. tiny steel blade
- D. small steel blade
The major factors affecting the application of science and technology to Nigeria agriculture include the following except
- A. Unavailability of fund
- B. Unavailability of farmland
- C. Unwillingness of farmer to adopt scientific method
- D. Availability of fund