Question

6(a) What is agricultural insurance?
(b) Define each of the following terms in agricultural insurance: (i) insurance policy; (ii) insurance premium.
(c) An agricultural extension agent organised a meeting with the groundnut farmers in a village in order to introduce a disease resistant variety of groundnut to them. (i) State four advantages of the agricultural extension method employed by the extension agent. (ii) Mention three other ways by which the information could be disseminated to the group of farmers.
(d) Enumerate five operations involved in the processing of rice after harvesting.

Accepted Answer

(a) Agricultural insurance is the policy that provides farmers with financial protection against specific risks that may arise during agricultural production.

(b)(i) Insurance policy: a contract/document in which the insurance company/insurer agrees to indemnify/compensate the insured/farmer against losses from specific risks/disasters of agricultural production.
(ii) Insurance premium: the amount of money that the insured/farmer pays the insurer/insurance company for an insurance policy.

(c)(i) Advantages of the extension method (meeting/demonstration): saves costs; saves time; enables the extension agent to reach a large number of farmers; influences reluctant farmers to try the new idea/encourages farmers to develop interest in new ideas; directs attention to group problems and possible solutions; encourages and trains local leaders.
(ii) Other dissemination methods: Workshop; Field trip; Debate; Symposium; Lecture; Demonstration; discussion; Agricultural show.

(d) Operations in rice processing after harvesting: Cleaning; Parboiling; Drying; Milling/hulling/dehusking; Winnowing; Polishing; Grading; Sorting/destoning; Packaging; Threshing (any five).

WAEC Agricultural Science 2024 Theory — Question 6

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