Get premium membership and access questions with answers, video lessons as well as revision papers.
1.Poverty
Poverty is indicated both by the few capital resources and the low cash incomes making it difficult to profitably invest in agriculture.
2.Seed
The adoption of improved varieties of principal food crops is minimal.
3. Agro-chemicals
The use of fertilisers and pesticide among the peasant farmers is low which could be due to high cost or poor availability or both.
The use of herbicide, insecticide and fungicides is minimal.
Farmers generally lack spraying equipment and technical skills for the timely and effective application of pesticides.
4. Labour constraints
Labour constraints are particularly serious because of the low level of adoption of animal traction
Anganifelix answered the question on June 11, 2018 at 10:13
- Describe the Special-Purpose Classification of plants(Solved)
Describe the Special-Purpose Classification of plants
Date posted: June 11, 2018. Answers (1)
- Describe the Agronomic/economic classification of plants(Solved)
Describe the Agronomic/economic classification of plants
Date posted: June 11, 2018. Answers (1)
- Explain the general Importance of Food Technology and Quality Assurance(Solved)
Explain the general Importance of Food Technology and Quality Assurance
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- What is total quality management (TQM)?(Solved)
What is total quality management (TQM)?
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- (a) Define Quality assurance. (b)Give the examples between quality assurance and Quality control (c) Explain how the desired results are obtained in food production.(Solved)
(a) Define Quality assurance.
(b) Give the examples between quality assurance and Quality control
(c) Explain how the desired results are obtained in food production.
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- Explain the meaning and the importance of the following in food production;
1.Quality
2.Quality control(Solved)
Explain the meaning and the importance of the following in food production;
1.Quality
2.Quality control
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- Explain the relationship between food science and food technology(Solved)
Explain the relationship between food science and food technology
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- Define food according to the Codex Alimentarius Commission(Solved)
Define food according to the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Date posted: June 7, 2018. Answers (1)
- Explain the reasons why sorghum is able to tolerate drought better than most other grain crops.(Solved)
Explain the reasons why sorghum is able to tolerate drought better than most other grain crops.
Date posted: June 6, 2018. Answers (1)
- Give six approaches that can be used to minimize damage caused by striga weed in maize production(Solved)
Give six approaches that can be used to minimize damage caused by striga weed in maize production.
Date posted: June 6, 2018. Answers (1)
- Describe various agencies and institutions involved in the marketing of agriculture produce(Solved)
Describe various agencies and institutions involved in the marketing of agriculture produce.
Date posted: May 29, 2018. Answers (1)
- What are the disadvantages of strip grazing?(Solved)
What are the disadvantages of strip grazing?
Date posted: May 29, 2018. Answers (1)
- Outline the features of agribusiness management.(Solved)
Outline the features of agribusiness management.
Date posted: May 29, 2018. Answers (1)
- Outline the importance of agribusiness.(Solved)
Outline the importance of agribusiness.
Date posted: May 29, 2018. Answers (1)
- Write the abbreviations below in full as used in agriculture.(Solved)
Write the abbreviations below in full as used in agriculture.
G.N.P
G.D.P
Date posted: May 21, 2018. Answers (1)
- Describe five main parts of a disc plough.(Solved)
Describe five main parts of a disc plough.
Date posted: May 20, 2018. Answers (1)
- State five qualities of a good farm manager(Solved)
State five qualities of a good farm manager.
Date posted: May 20, 2018. Answers (1)
- State the principle of Equi-marginal returns.(Solved)
State the principle of Equi-marginal returns.
Date posted: May 20, 2018. Answers (1)
- Outline six examples of joint products as used in product product relationship.(Solved)
Outline six examples of joint products as used in product product relationship.
Date posted: May 20, 2018. Answers (1)
- Name six factors influencing soil formation (Solved)
Name six factors influencing soil formation
Date posted: May 20, 2018. Answers (1)