Commercial agriculture is characterised by

A. use of machines

B. small farm holdings

C. low capital investment

D. little research activity

The most common method of acquiring land in West Africa is by

A. mortgage

B. communal ownership

C. leasehold

D. inheritance

The agricultural sector in West Africa is plagued with poverty because

A. farmers belong to cooperative societies

B. yields obtained per annum are relatively low

C. farmers have access to credit facilities

D. the weather is highly predictable

The function of the seed -tube of a seed drill is to

A. transport seeds from the metering device to the furrow opener

B. control the rate of placement of seeds in the soil

C. cover seeds placed in the soil

D. open the soil for seed placement

The machine used for removing seeds from maize cobs is called a

A. mill

B. decorticator

C. winnower

D. sheller

The appropriate farm tool for lifting tomato seedlings for transplanting is the

A. dibber

B. hoe

C. hand trowel

D. hand fork

It is important to clean and grease plough discs after use to

A. prevent rusting

B. sharpen the discs

C. reduce friction

D. reduce the lifespan

Wind can be beneficial to crop production because it

A. aids weed seeds dispersal

B. aids pollination of crops

C. causes lodging of crops

D. causes rapid drying of wet soils

The method of surface irrigation widely used in rice fields is

A. basin irrigation

B. wild flooding

C. furrow irrigation

D. border strip

The practice of growing different crops in sequence on a piece of land is known as

A. rotational grazing

B. monoculture

C. crop rotation

D. mixed farming