Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Agricultural Science outline · Section B: Agricultural Ecology
Content
a. Macro and micro nutrients; their functions and deficiency symptoms in crops
Objective
Candidates should be able to state functions and deficiency symptoms of macro-nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S) and micro-nutrients (Zn, Fe, Mo, Co, Bo, Cu)
Content
b. Factors affecting availability of nutrients in soil such as pH, excess of other nutrients, leaching, crop removal, oxidation and burning
Objective
Candidates should be able to explain the factors affecting nutrient availability
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c. Methods of replenishing lost nutrients, e.g. crop rotation, organic manuring, fertilizer application, fallowing, liming, cover-cropping
Objective
Candidates should be able to describe methods of replenishing nutrients, including types of fertilizers and methods of fertilizer application
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d. Nitrogen, carbon, water and phosphorus cycles
Objective
Candidates should be able to describe the nitrogen, carbon and water cycles and their importance
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e. Organic agriculture – meaning and importance
Objective
Candidates should be able to define organic agriculture and state its importance
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