CULTURAL PRACTICES

Which of the following is a pre planting operation

• seed rate

• seed selection

• seed treatment

• supplying

The ploughing-in of green plants with their roots is a pre-planting operation that helps in   

• Attracting insects to a farm

• Increasing nutrients in the soil

• Maintaining zero tillage

• Reducing disease infection

The instrument used immediately after land clearing 

• Harrow

• Harvester

• Chisel

• Plough

If the length and width of a farmland are 3m x 4m respectively, what is the area of the farmland

• 1500m²

• 15m²

• 12m²

• 24m²

Seed rate is best described as the amount of   

• Infested seeds

• Seedling raised

• Seedling transplanted

• Seeds planted

A cultural practice that helps a farmer to prevent the growth of weeds in his farm is   

• Hand pulling

• Herbicide application

• Mulching

• Ploughing

Fermentation is a post-harvest operation in ----production

• citrus

• cocoa

• tomatoes

• apple

It is important to harvest crops at the right time in order to   

• Reduce produce losses

• Increase its size

• Make the plant grow faster

• Enable it absorb nutrients

A farmer in northern Nigeria who plants yam without mulching the mound will observe   

• Disease infestation on the yam tuber

• High infestation of weeds

• Increased growth of the yam leaves

• Rotting of the yam sett

Harvesting of crops is

• Pre-planting activity

• Planting activity

• Post planting activity

• Post harvest activity