WAEC Geography 2024 Question 40

Question 40

Agriculture, Fishing and Lumbering

'It is an intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables or flowers, it is small scale farming, the yields are very high per hectare, produce sold to customers are usually fresh and commonly practiced in urban communities'. The above statements are characteristics of

  1. A.Mixed farming.
  2. B.Sericulture.
  3. C.Market gardening.
  4. D.Viniculture.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (Market gardening.)

Explanation

Intensive growing of vegetables, fruit and flowers for nearby town markets is market gardening.