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The primary purpose of establishing wildlife reserve is to
- A. conserve animals for hunting
- B. prevent extinction of wild animals
- C. provide constant supply of meat for export
- D. prevent wild animals from predating on other animals
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Plant quarantine regulations are enforced to
- A. prevent the intoduction of foreign pests and diseases
- B. increase the resistance of crops to diseases
- C. encourage the importation of foreign crops
- D. discourage dependence on temperate crops
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Most agricultural policies do not benefit rural communities because
- A. they aim at benefiting the national economy
- B. of poor implementation
- C. of lack of forigen exchange to import the required expertise
- D. they are formulated by non-practising farmers
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When the government provides subsidies in agriculture,
- A. farm inputs are made available to farmers at reduced prices
- B. farmers obtain loans from agricultural banks
- C. farmers are given extended time to repay loans
- D. farming becomes less attractive
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A major problem of grains storage in the rain forest zone of West Africa is high
- A. temperatures
- B. solar radiation
- C. wind speed
- D. humidity
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The major export crops produced in the West African sub-region include
- A. coffee,pepper,tomato and groundnut
- B. cotton,cassava,coffee and ginger
- C. cocoa,rubber,groundnut and cotton
- D. cocoa,coffe,cashew and tomato
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Subsistence agriculture mainly involves
- A. high capital input on the farm enterprise
- B. food production on large scale farms
- C. food production using family labour
- D. mechanisation of all farm operations