Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Animal Husbandry outline · Section I: Range and Pasture Management
Content
a. Qualities of good pasture and forage species
Objective
Candidates should know qualities e.g. high productivity, palatability and fast growth
Content
b. Establishment of pasture
Objective
Candidates should know cultural practices e.g. site selection, land preparation, methods of propagation (seeding, vegetative means), their merits and demerits
Content
c. Improving natural pastures
Objective
Candidates should understand the need and techniques for improving natural pastures
Content
d. Management of cultivated pastures
Objective
Candidates should have skills in managing cultivated pastures e.g. control of fire, proper stocking rate, disease prevention and control
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e. Harvesting of forage crops
Objective
Candidates should know tools/equipment for harvesting forage crops and yield determination
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