"It is an intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, it is small-scale farming, the yields are very…

Step 1: Analyze the question The description gives these clues:

• Intensive cultivation of fruits, vegetables and flowers
• Small-scale farming
• Very high yields per hectare
• Fresh produce sold to customers
• Commonly found in or near urban communities

Step 2: Explain the concepts (the options)

• Mixed farming: Growing crops and rearing animals on the same farm. The question mentions only fruits, vegetables and flowers, with no livestock, so this does not fit.
• Sericulture: Rearing silkworms to produce silk. This has nothing to do with fruits or vegetables.
• Market gardening: Intensive, small-scale growing of fruits, vegetables and flowers close to towns and cities, so the fresh produce can be sold quickly to urban consumers. This matches every clue.
• Viniculture: Cultivating grapevines for wine production. It is too specific, since it covers only grapes.

Step 3: Match the clues Market gardening is carried out on small plots with heavy inputs such as fertilizer, irrigation and labour. These inputs give high yields per hectare. The farms sit near urban centres because vegetables, fruits and flowers are perishable and must reach buyers fresh. Examples in Nigeria include vegetable farms around Kano, Ibadan and Lagos, and flower growing around big cities.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is C. market gardening.

Exam tip: The words "fruits, vegetables, flowers" together with "urban" and "fresh" almost always point to market gardening. The "market" in the name reminds you that the produce goes to nearby town markets.