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Agricultural Geography Question Paper

Agricultural Geography

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Geography

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF ARTS

AGE 310: AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

DATE: TUESDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2009
TIME: 8.00 AM ?10.00 AM

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer three questions only.
1.
Differentiate between the following:
a)
Commodity
approach and regional approach

b)
Environmental determinism and possibilism

c)
Agricultural and natural regions

2.
If you were Minister for Agriculture, what measures would you put in place to

address the recurrent food shortages in the country?

3.
Using the Whittleseys criterion of regionalization, distinguish between shifting

cultivation and pastoralism.

4.
Account for the spatial distribution of agricultural activities in Kenya.

5.
Evaluate the role of agriculture in the economic development in Kenya.

6.
a)
Using appropriate illustrations explain the process of diffusion as

advanced by hagerstrand (1952)

b)
Explain any two factors that hinder the diffusion of agricultural

innovations
in
Arid
and semi Arid areas.
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