Agricultural Science Past Questions and Answers

Write short notes on the following plant diseases. (a) blackpod of cocoa; (b) leaf blight of cassava.

(a) State: (i) four advantages and (ii) four disadvantages of the deep litter system in poultry management.<br/>(b) Mention one disadvantage of using saw-dust as litter in a deep-litter house.<br/>(c) The recommended floor space for fowls In a deep litter house is three (3) adult fowls per square metre. Calculate the number of adult fowls that can be kept in a deep-litter house of size 10 metre by 50 metre. (d) State three other methods of keeping poultry.

(a) Define balance ration in livestock production.<br/>(b) Outline the stages involved in the preparation of each of the following animal feed ingredients. (i) bone meal. (ii) blood meal; (iii) fish meal; (iv) cotton seed meal;

(a (i) State the law of supply in relation to agricultural production. (ii) Give an example of supply schedule and draw the supply curve for a named agricultural produce.<br/>(b) State five causes of change in supply of an agricultural produce.<br/>

Which of the following is not correct about the importance of agriculture?