AFU Common Entrance Exam case studies
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The AFU Common Entrance Examination (CEE) is the single admission test used by Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, for entry to its undergraduate programmes. The university describes itself as "the first State-owned and technical university of Nepal, established in accordance with the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) Bill enacted by the Parliament in 2010," created by merging the Tribhuvan University constituent campuses of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences and the Forestry Campus at Hetauda, and it sits at Rampur, Chitwan. The AFU Common Entrance Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 5,627 words.
1A $420 input budget on an acidified 2.5 ha maize field
Daniel farms 2.5 ha of hybrid maize on sandy loam in a sub-humid district. Yield has fallen from 3.2 t/ha to 2.1 t/ha over three seasons despite timely planting.
1,100 words, about 6 min2Bulk tank SCC at 460,000 with nine cows to dry off
A 58-cow Holstein-Friesian herd averaging 24 litres/day has seen bulk tank somatic cell count climb from 190,000 to 460,000 cells/mL in eight weeks. The processor pays a penalty above 400,000 and has told the farmer milk will be rejected if the next two monthly tests stay above that line.
1,178 words, about 6 min3Dawn oxygen crash in a 1.4 ha tilapia pond
A farmer owns a 1.4 ha pond, average depth 1.2 m, stocked with 4,200 Nile tilapia averaging 320 g. He feeds a 28% protein pellet at 3% of biomass daily, split into two feeds.
1,073 words, about 5 min4First thinning in a pine stand with Heterobasidion in the stumps
An 18 ha plantation of 32-year-old Pinus patula on a cool, high-rainfall site carries 620 stems/ha with a mean DBH of 22 cm and is due its first thinning. The sawmill contract pays only for logs of at least 18 cm small-end diameter and requires delivery within eight weeks.
1,101 words, about 6 min5Late blight at nine weeks from harvest on a farm four months from organic certification
A 0.6 ha tomato field is nine weeks from first harvest and four months from the final inspection that would complete organic certification after three years of transition. The crop has had four days at 18–22 °C with over 90% relative humidity and 12 hours of leaf wetness.
1,175 words, about 6 min