Neco 2019 Agricultural Science Question 39
Practice objective / multiple choice question 39 from the 2019 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
An extension officer has 200\\ kg of improved seed and 150\\ kg of fertilizer to distribute among two crops: maize and cowpea. Maize requires 2\\ kg seed and 1\\ kg fertilizer per hectare and yields a profit increase of N1200 per hectare. Cowpea requires 1\\ kg seed and 0.5\\ kg fertilizer per hectare and yields a profit increase of N800 per hectare. The officer can allocate up to 80\\ ha of land in total. Determine the allocation of hectares to maize (\\(x\\)) and cowpea (\\(y\\)) that maximizes the total profit increase, subject to the resource and land constraints. State the optimal hectares for each crop and the maximum total profit increase.
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This is Neco 2019 Agricultural Science Question 39. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
Difficulty level: Hard .
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