(a) What is crop farming? (2 marks)
(b) Outline any four measures that can be adopted to increase crop production in your country. (12 marks)
(c) State any two contributions of the industrial sector to agriculture in your country. (6 marks)
Explanation
(a) Crop farming is the growing of cash crops such as cocoa, cotton, groundnuts etc as well as the growing of food crops such as rice, cassava, beans, yam, etc.
(b) The measures are:
(i) The education of farmers to eradicate illiteracy.
(ii) Provision of finance through the establishment of agricultural banks.
(iii) Measures to effectively control pests and diseases e.g. production of pesticides.
(iv) Provision of infrastructural facilities to reduce rural-urban migration and also to open rural areas for trade.
(v) Land reforms that will make land available for large scale farming.
(vi) Provision of adequate storage facilities and methods of preservation.
(vii) Processing industries should be established to reduce wastage of farm produce.
(viii) Inputs such as improved seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, etc should be provided at subsidized rates.
(ix) Establishment of research centers to conduct research into various aspects of crop production.
(x) Extension services.
(xi) Payment of attractive prices to producers.
(xii)Provision of tools and machinery at subsidized rates.
(xiii) Provision of irrigation facilities to encourage all year farming.
(c)(i) Industrial sector manufactures farm implements such as hoes and cutlasses.
(ii) Industrial sector manufactures agrochemicals and fertilizers.
(iii) It provides ready markets for agricultural raw materials such as cotton for the textile industry.
(iv) It provides variety of goods for the farmers to patronize.
(v) Industrial sector promotes research and training in the use of their products.
(vi) Industrial sector absorbs excess labour from the agricultural sector.