Neco Model Questions Vol1 2024 Agricultural Science Question 15
Practice objective / multiple choice question 15 from the 2024 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
A 5‑ha tomato field contains 20,000 plants per hectare. At the start of the season 2 % of the plants are infected with a fungal disease. Each infected plant creates 0.8 new infections per week. The crop is harvested after 6 weeks. Without any control, each infected plant reduces the yield by 0.5 kg. The market price is ₦120,000 per tonne. A fungicide costing ₦5,000 per hectare can be applied at the beginning of week 3; it reduces the weekly infection rate by 60 % for the remaining weeks. Assuming no other losses, should the farmer apply the fungicide? Calculate the net profit (in naira) for the whole field under (i) no treatment and (ii) treatment, and indicate which option is more profitable.
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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2024 Agricultural Science Question 15. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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