WAEC Agricultural Science syllabus

The WAEC Agricultural Science syllabus has 60 examinable topics, listed alphabetically in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 60 topics on the WAEC Agricultural Science syllabus

1. 01Agricultural extension
2. 02Agricultural finance
3. 03Agricultural laws and reforms
4. 04Agricultural mechanization
5. 05Agricultural pollution
6. 06Agro allied industries and relationship between agriculture and industry
7. 07Agro forestry practices in West Africa
8. 08Anatomy and physiology of farm animals
9. 09Anatomy and physiology of farm animals
10. 10Animal health management
11. 11Animal improvement
12. 12Animal nutrition
13. 13Animal nutrition
14. 14Animal reproduction
15. 15Apiculture or bee keeping
16. 16Aquaculture
17. 17C Crop Production
18. 18Classification of crops
19. 19Crop improvement
20. 20Diseases of crops
21. 21Drainage
22. 22Drainage
23. 23Environmental factors affecting crop and animal distribution and production
24. 24Environmental physiology
25. 25F Ornamental Plants
26. 26Factors of production
27. 27Farm machinery and implements
28. 28Farm power
29. 29Farm records and accounts
30. 30Farm surveying
31. 31Forest management
32. 32Forest management
33. 33Functions of a farm manager
34. 34Husbandry of selected crops
35. 35Husbandry of selected crops
36. 36Irrigation
37. 37Land and its uses
38. 38Livestock management
39. 39Maintenance practices and precautionary measures
40. 40Marketing of agricultural produce
41. 41Marketing of agricultural produce
42. 42Meaning and differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture
43. 43Meaning and importance of agriculture
44. 44Methods of cultivating
45. 45Pasture and forage crops
46. 46Pasture and forage crops
47. 47Pests of crops
48. 48Pests of crops
49. 49Plant nutrients and nutrient cycle
50. 50Problems of agricultural development and possible solutions
51. 51Rangeland and pasture management
52. 52Rock formation
53. 53Role of non governmental organizations in agricultural development
54. 54Roles of government in agricultural development
55. 55Simple farm tools
56. 56Simple farm tools
57. 57Soil formation and profile development
58. 58Types and classification of farm animals
59. 59Types composition and properties of soil
60. 60Types composition and properties of soil