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JAMB and WAEC Agricultural Science questions: Meaning and importance of agriculture

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  1. Question 21· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Operation Feed the Nation, launched in 1976, aimed to

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  2. Question 22· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    The Land Use Act of 1978 vested ownership of land in each state in the

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  3. Question 23· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    A major role of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, is

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  4. Question 24· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    Arable farming is concerned with

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  5. Question 25· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    Subsistence farming is mainly done to

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  6. Question 26· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Organic farming avoids the use of

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  7. Question 27· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    The Green Revolution programme in Nigeria was launched in

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  8. Question 28· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Subsistence farming is practised mainly to

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  9. Question 29· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Agriculture provides raw materials for industries such as

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  10. Question 30· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    The River Basin Development Authorities were set up mainly to

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  11. Question 31· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    The Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund guarantees loans to farmers by

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  12. Question 32· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    The River Basin Development Authorities were established mainly to

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  13. Question 33· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Shifting cultivation is possible mainly where

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  14. Question 34· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    Apiculture is the keeping of

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  15. Question 35· Meaning and importance of agriculture· WAEC

    Which of these is a role of agriculture in Nigeria's economy?

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  16. Question 36· Meaning and importance of agriculture· JAMB

    Which of the following is a contribution of agriculture to the Nigerian economy?

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