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1a)
Subsistence Agriculture
i) Farming practices in which crops are cultivated for local consumption.
ii) Farms are small and food crops are cultivated such as rice and wheat.
iii) Old tools and implements are used by the farmers.
iv) Depends on monsoon and there is greater use of manpower.
v)keep your family fed.
Commercial Agriculture
i) Farming practice in which goods produced are mainly for the market to get cash.
ii) Farms are larger and cash crops are cultivated. Such as cotton, sugar-cane, jute.
iii) Better implements are used and there are proper irrigation facilities.
iv) Less of manpower is used.
v)enables you to sell things like diamond mines and, in asia, tea or rubber plants.
1b)
INADEQUATE LAND
i)Expand the budget for agriculture, the governmental investment in rural infrastructure and governmental land.
ii)Plough back the revenues from till-land occupation tax and city maintenance fee into agriculture and rural economy
INADEQUATE FINANCE
i)Government can assist by setting
up special local banks whose job is to
extend credit to the rural farmers and
will be announce on radio for adequate
circulation of information.
ii)The Federal Government established the Agricultural Co-operative and Credit Bank to serve this purpose.
INCIDENCE OF DISEASE
i)utilization of hospital services
ii)vaccine efficacy
1c)
agricultural ecology is the
study of agricultural ecosystems and their
components as they function within
themselves and in the context of the
landscapes that contain them.
1d)
i)Pesticide leaching
ii)Fertilizers
iii)Organic contaminants
iv)Soil erosion and sedimentation
v)Tillage and nitrous oxide emissions
2a) The term "farm surveying" can be defined as the process of mapping or marking out certain area of the farm land .
Most times for the purpose locating or to determine existing boundaries of land, or are used to legally separate building sites from the rest of the land.
2c)
i) To ensure it works effectively.
ii) For maximum yield & production.
iii) To avoid breakdown or malfunctioning of machines such as tractor's.
iv) So as to reduce the expenses of d farmer
5a
Agricultural Insurance is a policy which involves the
insured (farmer) paying a little sum (premium),
usually in percentage to an insurance company
(insurer) to guarantee against loss due to any of the
perils (death, flood, drought etc) covered for a
particular period of time (usually not more than one
year) with a promise to indemnify (pay back the value
of loss) should such occur.
2c)
i) To ensure it works effectively.
ii) For maximum yield & production.
iii) To avoid breakdown or malfunctioning of machines such as tractor's.
iv) So as to reduce the expenses of d farmer
3. Nursery practices should be geared to produce really well grown and vigorous seedlings free from major pests and diseases. There is really no substitutes for starting off with really well nursed planting materials. Cutting corners in the nursery such as overcrowding the seedlings to save space and planting out small undersized seedlings usually only ends up more costly in the fields. Small seedlings are more difficult to look after in the field. They cannot withstand adverse growing conditions as well as the well grown seedlings and also come into bearing much later. Longer immature period means higher cost and poorer cash flows.
Major nursery operations and the recommended practices are briefly outlined below:-
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| Article Name | Verified 2016/2017 waec agricultural expo |
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| Author Name | Head Admin |
| Published On | 4/29/2016 |
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