2025/2026 SS1 AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE MID TERM TEST

SECTION A:OBJECTIVES

1. —- is a branch of botany that studies fruits and it’s cultivation

2. —— helps to carry information about new techniques and method from the research station to the rural farmers.

3. The following are environmental degradations except

4. One among the following is not a characteristics of subsistence agriculture

5. ——- type of agriculture, practices land tenure system or fragmentation

6. Rehabilitation of existing damaged road, is a solution to one of the following problems of agriculture

7. The study of the insect pest of crops is known as

8. ——is the practice of planting a sequence of different crops on the same land over multiple seasons or years to improve soil health, manage pests and diseases, and balance soil nutrients.

9. Provision of facilities for recreation and tourism are one among the importance of agriculture to the ——-

10. One of the following is not a processing facilities

SECTION B: THEORY Instruction: Answer any 2 questions from this section

1. (i) State at least 4 characteristic features of commercial agriculture (ii) State at least 3 raw materials in agriculture and what they are used to produce in industries. (iii) Explain the problem of pest and disease in agricultural development and state it’s possible solutions

2. (I). Explain the following problems of agricultural development in west Africa and clearly list the possible solutions provided to counter the problems. (a) Inadequate storage and processing facilities (b) Inadequate finance or credit facilities (ii).In a tabular state at least 5 differences between commercial and subsistence agriculture.

3. (i) State 3 importance of agriculture to the nation (ii) Mention at least 4 problems of subsistence agriculture and briefly explain (iii). Explain poor transportation network as a problem of agriculture and state it’s possible solutions