(a) Mention three functions of a farm manager. [ 3 marks ]
(b) Use the information in the demand schedule below to answer the questions that follow.

(i) Draw a demand curve from the schedule [ 4 marks ]
(ii) Use the demand schedule to explain the relationship between quantity demanded
and price. [ 2 marks ]

(c) State three advantages of the wholesaler in marketing of agricultural produce.
[ 3 marks ]

(d) Discuss the rinderpest disease under the following headings:
(i) two farm animals affected;
(ii) causative agent;
(iii) two symptoms;
(iv) one mode of transmission;
(v) one preventive measure. [ 6 marks ]

(a) State four reasons why the prices of most agricultural produce are unstable in West
Africa. [ 4 marks ]

(b) Explain the following agricultural extension methods:
(i) method demonstration;
(ii) agricultural shows. [ 4 marks ]

(c) Discuss the cercospora leaf spot disease under the following headings:
(i) crop affected;
(ii) causative agent;
(iii) mode of transmission;
(iv) two symptoms;
(v) one preventive measure. [ 6 marks ]

(d) State four advantages of selection as a method of crop improvement. [ 4 marks ]

(a) In a tabular form, state five differences between subsistence and commercial agricuiture (5marks)

(b) Suggest two possible solutions to each of the following problems of agricultural development an West Africa (i) Inadequate land (ii) Inadequate finance (iii) Incidence of diseases (6 marks)

(c) What is agricultural ecology? (2 marks)

(d) State five sources of pollution of agricultural lands and fish ponds. (5marks) 

(a) What is farm surveying? (2 marks)

(b) State four disadvantages of electrical power.

(c) Give four reasons why farm machines should be maintained. [ 4 marks)

(d) Define the term land as used in agriculture. 

(e) Explain briefly how each of the following factors affects land availability for agriculture: (i) Population pressure; (ii) Mining; (iii) Topography [6 marks]

(a) Explain the term staking in yam cultivation (3marks)

(b) Describe the nursery practices in cocoa cultivation.

(c) State five reasons for parboiling paddy rice [ 5 marks ]

(d) State three advantages and two disadvantages of taungya farming (5 mark)