Role Of Agriculture In Economic Development Jamb Economics Past Questions
Question 11
In recent times, agriculture in Nigeria tends to lose its vital labour force as a result of?
- A. lack of an effective agricultural policy
- B. employment opportunities in the oil sector
- C. rural-urban drift
- D. low prices of agricultural products
Question 12
The government can influence the price of agriculture products by?
- A. fixing minimum prices when agricultural output is low
- B. fixing maximum prices in years of bumper harvest
- C. the use of buffer stock and stabilization funds
- D. paying all farmers producing identical crops a uniform amount of money
Question 13
The migration of young people from rural to urban areas in Nigeria should help to raise the?
- A. standard of living in the urban areas
- B. total productivity of labour in the rural areas
- C. marginal productivity of labour in the rural areas
- D. marginal productivity of labour in the urban areas
Question 14
The most important requirement for increasing agriculture output in Nigeria is?
- A. for the government to go into large scale farming
- B. to employ relevant foreign technology and reform the land tenure system
- C. to increase farmers'incomes and improve the farming techniques
- D. to employ more extension workers
