DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to Almighty God! For his grace and mercy upon
our life toward ensuring that these books see the light of the day.

PREFACE
This book is specifically designed to meet the Nigeria education
research and development council (NERDC) syllabus. The book
contain agricultural science and home economics syllabus into pre-
vocational studies.
This book treats each topic of the syllabus in questions and answers to
makes it possible for the student to understand the topic and aids
progressive evaluation of each topic.
Simple language was used to allow the student to comprehend the
topics treated and also contain a lot of diagram that will assist
student in the understanding of the subject.
I strongly believe that this book will be a good learning material to the
student and teachers in the understanding of this new subject.
Theory question

1a. define the term agriculture?

1b. list the two types of agriculture and differentiate between two of
them
1c. state ten importance of agriculture
1d. list five problem facing farming Nigeria

ANSWER
Agriculture is the systematic art and science of
cultivating the land to produce crop and rearing of
livestock for human consumption.
Two type of agriculture
Subsistence agriculture: is the cultivation of few stands
of the crops and rising and of a number of animals by
the family for his own consumption.
Commercial agriculture: this is the production of crops
and animals, large enough to cover both family
consumption and by means of selling the crop in large
scale e.g. cocoa, cotton, kola nuts coffee and rubber
Subsistence agriculture Commercial agriculture
1. A small areas of land
is cultivated
2. It produce mainly for
family consumption
3. family manual is
usually labour is
enployed
Importance of agriculture
Source of food
Source of employment
Source of income to the farmers
Source of foreign exchange earning
Provision of raw material for industries
Provision of shelter and clothing
Provision of market for industrial goods
Provision of game reserve which can be used
recreational purpose and research
Rural development
Forestation