Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Agricultural Science Question 49
Practice objective / multiple choice question 49 from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
A county extension programme to promote a new drought‑resistant maize variety includes four farmer field days (cost \(\$500\) each), printing 2 000 pamphlets at \(\$0.20\) each, and providing seed vouchers worth \(\$10\) to 150 farmers. The total cost of the programme is therefore \(\$3 900\). The programme reaches 300 farmers, and 60 % of those reached are expected to adopt the variety. Each adopting farmer cultivates 1 ha and can increase yield by 1.2 t ha\(^{-1}\). The market price of maize is \(\$250\) t\(^{-1}\). Assuming each adopter uses a voucher, calculate the expected net benefit per farmer reached and state whether the programme is economically justified (benefit per farmer > cost per farmer).
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Agricultural Science Question 49. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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