(a) State five reasons why farm accounts are kept. (b) Using the following information, prepare a profit and loss account for UNITY FARM, for the year ending December, 2005.
(i) Cost of maize seeds - -D1,400.00
(ii) Cost of fertilizers - D1,200.00
(iii) Cost of insecticides - D1,900.00
(iv) Tractor hiring - D2,000.00
(v) Cost of herbicides - D1,100.00
(vi) Cost of cassava stems - D1,200.00
(vii) Sales of maize - D29,000.00
(viii) Sales of yam - D7,000.00
(ix) Sales of cassava tubers - D5,500.00
(x) Cost of processing cassava tubers - D1,500.00
(xi) Wages of workers - D6,000.00
(xii) Miscellaneous expenses - D4,400.00
(xiii) Maize consumed - D300.00
(xiv) Potato gift to visitors - D1,000.00 )
(a) Mention four target groups of the extension agent. (b) Discuss five important qualities of a good extension worker (c) State four functions of an extension worker.
. (a) Give eight characteristics of agricultural systems in West Africa. (b) Explain four ways in which land tenure systems affect agricultural production in your country.
(a) Explain the following terms: (i) primary tillage implement; (ii) secondary tillage implement.
(b) (i) State three reasons why disc ploughs are better suited for soils in West Africa than the mouldboard ploughs. (ii) List six major parts of a disc plough.
(c) Give three reasons why secondary tillage is necessary before sowing of seeds. (d) State three precautions a farmer should take when spraying chemicals
(a) State three ways by which nitrogen is added to soil in the Nitrogen cycle.
(b) List five ways by which nitrogen is lost from the soil.
(c) State the importance of the Nitrogen cycle.
(d) Explain three processes leading to the formation of nitrate from organic matter in the Nitrogen cycle.
