Agricultural extension programme would succeed in disseminating new ideas to farmers except if the programme
- A. is based on research tested on local conditions
- B. involves the people for which the programme is planned
- C. involved only the support to highly trained agricultural extension specialist
- D. is not kept flexible to contemporary technology
- E. is based on planned agricultural programmes
The disbanded produce marketing boards in Nigeria dealt with the following commodities except
- A. oil palm
- B. rubber
- C. cocoa
- D. groundnut
- E. yam
Farm records and account help the farmer to
- A. manage his farm as a business
- B. repair his tools and machinery
- C. transport his crop to the market
- D. be less dependent on farming for an income
- E. adopt modern techniques of farming
Agricultural credits given to farmers in form of cash are used by the farmer to
- A. disseminate the lastest technique in farming
- B. implement new policies
- C. investigate the cause of low agricultural production
- D. make the total cash value of his crops greater than his expenses
- E. pay for expenses in his farming business
Under normal circumstances, the concept of consumer sovereignty in agriculture implies that
- A. the consumer and not the farmer determines what to produce
- B. both the farmer and the consumer determine what to produce
- C. the consumer and not the farmer owns the means of production
- D. the environmental factors determine what to produce
- E. the farmer determines what to produce
Investments with long life span in agricultural economics are otherwise known as
- A. labour
- B. entrepreneurship
- C. savings deposit
- D. profit
- E. capital
Which of the following is not a quality for selecting livestock?
- A. feed consumption
- B. egg production
- C. mortality rate
- D. body weight
- E. litter size
Dissolved oxygen in fish ponds is maintained at normal level in order to
- A. accelerate decay of plant materials
- B. prevent disease attacks
- C. prevent acquatic plants from competing with fish
- D. keep fish activities normal
- E. improve the quality of fish
Which of the following livestock diseases is transmitted by ticks?
- A. red water
- B. coccidiosis
- C. aspergillosis
- D. trypanosomiasis
- E. brucellosis
The following are all leguminous forage crops except
- A. centrosema pubescens
- B. vigna sinensis
- C. stylodsnyhrd htsvilid
- D. panicum maximum
- E. pueraria phaseoloides
Which of the following is not a source of minerals in animal nutrition?
- A. green pastures
- B. fish meal
- C. blood meal
- D. cereal
- E. palm oil
The breed of goat noted for its production of high quality morocco leather is the
- A. west african dwarf
- B. kano brown
- C. ouda
- D. bornu red
- E. sokoto red
A fish pond in an enclosed body of water is for
- A. rearing fish for consumption
- B. rearing aquatic organisms for feeding fish
- C. storing fish and other organisms
- D. keeping ornamental fish and aquatic plants
- E. rearing fish and other aquatic mammals
The parts of the body affected by Newcastle disease of poultry are the
- A. digestive and circulatory systems
- B. reproductive and excretory tracts
- C. nervous system and respiratory tract
- D. air-sac and the comb
- E. comb and the legs
Which of the following is not a reason why planting a mixture of grass and legume on a pasture is economical to the farmer? The
- A. mixture can harbour pests
- B. mixture helps in preventing soil erosion
- C. farmer will save on fertilizer
- D. mixture provides a balanced feed for livestock
- E. mixture increases the rate of productyion of livestock
The type of feed which contains the essential nutrients in the right concentrations and proportions is known as
- A. growers mash
- B. weaners diet
- C. creep feed
- D. concentrate
- E. balance diet
A castrated male fowl is known as
- A. cock
- B. capon
- C. cockerel
- D. hen
- E. broiler
The destructive effects of variegated grasshoppers are conspicuously observed on
- A. cassava and yam crops
- B. cocoa and citrus crops
- C. cowpea and maize crops
- D. maize and cassava crops
- E. citrus and weeds
Taungya farm involves the combination of
- A. crop and animal husbandary
- B. crop husbandary and forestry
- C. forestry and animal husbandary
- D. crop husbandary and fish farming
- E. forestry and fishing farming
Soil may be exposed to erosion when a pasture is
- A. undergrazed
- B. overgrazed
- C. paddocked
- D. weeded
- E. fanced
Maize grows best on
- A. sandy soil
- B. sandy-clay soil
- C. clayey-loam soil
- D. loamy soil
- E. silty-clay soil