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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
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
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
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
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
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
Artificial scarcity of agricultural produce is often caused by the following marketing agents except
A farmers
B wholesalers
C middlemen
D co-operatives
Marketing processes do not include
A production
B assembling
C distribution
D processing
Rural farmers mostly obtain loans from
A government
B international monetary fund
C merchant banks
D money lenders
Which of the following is an effect of stability of market price in agricultural production?
A profit of the producer would be constant with input cost
B wholesalersearn more from sales
C profit of the retailer will be decreased
D consumers will look for chaeper alternatives
Given a normal situation, what effect will an increase in the supply of cowpea have on its market price? The price
A increases
B decreases
C is unaffected
D is unpredictable
The demand for agricultural produce is generally
A elastic
B inelastic
C unnitary
D static
The factor of production whose reward is profit is
A land
B labour
C capital
D entrepreneurship
The type of labour available to peasant farmers is
A family labour
B paid labour
C skilled labour
D migrant labour
Which of the following is not true about adding organic manure to a fish pond? it
A reduces the pH of water considerably
B accelerates the growth of planktons
C leads to water pollution
D leads to the depletion of oxygen
A herbivorous fish specie which breeds fast and is suitable for culture in a pond is
A Clarias lazera
B Tilapia zilli
C Gymnarchus niloticus
D Chrysichythys nigrodigitatus
A tapeworm absorbs food from its host through the
A mouth
B scolex
C hook
D body surface
The eradication of tse-tse flies can prevent
A cocccidiosis
B aspegillosis
C tuberculosis
D trypanosomiasis
The part of the body normally affected by fowl pox disease is the
A comb
B beak
C feather
D vent
An example of a viral disease of farm animals is
A coccidiosis
B mastitis
C foot rot
D newcattle disease
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