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(a) State two advantages and two disadvantages of using biogas as a source of farm ...

(a) State two advantages and two disadvantages of using biogas as a source of farm power. [ 4 marks ]
(b) Mention eight simple farm tools. [ 4 marks ]
(c) List two common storage structures and two processing structures that could be found on a farmstead in West Africa. [ 4 marks ]
(d) Explain the term denitrification. [ 2 marks ]
(e) Describe the following components of the soil:
(i) mineral matter;
(ii) organic matter. [ 4 marks ]
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    Correct Answer: Option n
    Explanation:
    (a) Advantages and disadvantages of biogas as asource of farm powerAdvantages
    - It reduces environmental pollution
    - It is easily controlled/easy to operate
    - Animal dung is cheap
    - Provides economic value to animal wastes/provides proper use of animal wastes
    - It can be used for different farm operations like heating the brooder house, drying etcDisadvantages

    It requires high technical know-how
    It is not a common source of farm power
    Its use is limited to areas where there is abundance of animals
    it is expensive to set up and maintain

    (b) Simple farm tool
    Some tools used in the farm are:
    1. Cutlass
    2. Hoe
    3. Garden fork
    4. Hand fork
    5. Trowel
    6. Rake
    7. Shears
    8. Secateurs
    9. Sprayers
    10. Watering can
    11. Sickle
    12. Axe
    13. File
    14. Head pan
    15. Wheel barrow
    16. Spade
    17. Shovel
    18. Mattock
    19. Mallet
    20. Tapping knife
    21. Dibber
    22. Budding knife
    (c) Common storage structures and processing structures found on farmstead in West Africa Storage structures

    - Barns
    - Bins
    - Cribs
    - Silos
    - Drums
    - Cages
    - Bags
    - Baskets
    - Rhumbu
    - Farm store/warehouse
    - Underground pits
    - Platforms
    - Cold room/cold store

    Processing structures


    - Abattoir
    - Milk pasteurizing shed
    - Fish or meat smoking shed
    - Rice mill
    - Cassava mill
    - Oil mill(for oil crops)
    - Curing house for tobacco
    - Shelling barn

    (d) of denitrification
    This is the process whereby soil nitrates are converted to nitrogen gas, nitric oxide or nitrous oxide through the activities of denitrifying bacteria
    (e) Description of soil components
    (i) Mineral Matter: Form the solid parts of the soil which are derived from weathered rocks

    - Represents 45% per volume of a soil sample
    - Holds water and air for plant use
    -Source of plant nutrients
    -Provides anchorage to plants

    (ii) Organic matter:

    Represents a mixture of plant and animal materials at different stages of decomposition in the soil
    Represents 5% per volume of a soil sample
    Improve soil structure/binds soil particles together
    Source of plant nutrients after decomposition

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