Neco 2020 Agricultural Science Question 18
Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2020 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
A farmer has 8 ha of land to allocate between maize and cowpea. Expected yields are 3.5 t ha⁻¹ for maize and 1.2 t ha⁻¹ for cowpea. Market prices are \(40{,}000\) Naira per tonne for maize and \(60{,}000\) Naira per tonne for cowpea. The farmer wants a total revenue of at least \(900{,}000\) Naira. What is the minimum area (in hectares, to the nearest 0.1 ha) that must be planted with maize to meet the target?
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This is Neco 2020 Agricultural Science Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Agricultural Science examination.
Difficulty level: Medium .
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