Which of the following is not a quality for selecting livestock?

A. feed consumption

B. egg production

C. mortality rate

D. body weight

E. litter size

Investments with long life span in agricultural economics are otherwise known as

A. labour

B. entrepreneurship

C. savings deposit

D. profit

E. capital

Under normal circumstances, the concept of consumer sovereignty in agriculture implies that

A. the consumer and not the farmer determines what to produce

B. both the farmer and the consumer determine what to produce

C. the consumer and not the farmer owns the means of production

D. the environmental factors determine what to produce

E. the farmer determines what to produce

Agricultural credits given to farmers in form of cash are used by the farmer to

A. disseminate the lastest technique in farming

B. implement new policies

C. investigate the cause of low agricultural production

D. make the total cash value of his crops greater than his expenses

E. pay for expenses in his farming business

Farm records and account help the farmer to

A. manage his farm as a business

B. repair his tools and machinery

C. transport his crop to the market

D. be less dependent on farming for an income

E. adopt modern techniques of farming

The disbanded produce marketing boards in Nigeria dealt with the following commodities except

A. oil palm

B. rubber

C. cocoa

D. groundnut

E. yam

Agricultural extension programme would succeed in disseminating new ideas to farmers except if the programme

A. is based on research tested on local conditions

B. involves the people for which the programme is planned

C. involved only the support to highly trained agricultural extension specialist

D. is not kept flexible to contemporary technology

E. is based on planned agricultural programmes