Shifting cultivation is a farming system where a farm is cleared and cultivated and when the soils are exhausted the farmer moves to another piece of land while plantation farming is a system involving the cultivation of a large piece of land often more than 4 hectares and mainly grows one type of crop.
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Name any two diseases that affect coffee.
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Name any two diseases that affect coffee.
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Name districts in Kenya which are major producers of coffee.
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Name districts in Kenya which are major producers of coffee.
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Describe how coffee is handled from planting to marketing.
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Describe how coffee is handled from planting to marketing.
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Give reasons why coffee prices in the market have not been stable.
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Give reasons why coffee prices in the market have not been stable.
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The table below shows Kenya’s coffee sale (prices) in the World market from 1974 – 1983. Study it and answer the following questions.
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The table below shows Kenya’s coffee sale (prices) in the World market from 1974 – 1983. Study it and answer the following questions.
(i) Draw a line graph to represent the data.
(ii) What are the advantages of a line graph?
(iii) Explain why there was a sharp increase in coffee prices during 1976/77 period.
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State three problems facing sheep farming in Kenya.
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State three problems facing sheep farming in Kenya.
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Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.
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Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.
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Give three attributes of Commercial livestock farming.
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Give three attributes of Commercial livestock farming.
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What has led to the sound economic position of Mwea Irrigation scheme?
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What has led to the sound economic position of Mwea Irrigation scheme?
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Outline the steps followed in cultivation of paddy rice in Mwea.
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Outline the steps followed in cultivation of paddy rice in Mwea.
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Explain the factors that have led to the increasing demand for fresh fruits and vegetables in Kenya.
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Explain the factors that have led to the increasing demand for fresh fruits and vegetables in Kenya.
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Explain how the following climatic factors influence crop farming in Kenya.
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Explain how any two climatic factors influence crop farming in Kenya.
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List five problems facing cotton farmers in Kenya.
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List five problems facing cotton farmers in Kenya.
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Discuss how cattle ranching contributes to the economy of Kenya.
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Discuss how cattle ranching contributes to the economy of Kenya.
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Explain the social conditions prevailing in Makka when the prophet (p.b.u.h) was born.
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Explain the social conditions prevailing in Makka when the prophet (p.b.u.h) was born.
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State lessons that a Muslim can learn from Sheikh Uthman dan Fodio.
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State lessons that a Muslim can learn from Sheikh Uthman dan Fodio.
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The graph below represents the climate of station X. Use it to answer the questions that follow.
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The graph below represents the climate of station X. Use it to answer the questions that follow.
(a) Describe characteristics of the climate represented.
(b) Explain ways in which vegetation in the station adapt to the climate.
(c) Students carried out a field study on soils found on the station represented.
(i) State four soil characteristics they would look for.
(ii) Explain how they would use the following methods to collect data.
- Content analysis
- Observation
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Students of a school in Rift valley carried out a field study of an area affected by faulting.
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Students of a school in Rift valley carried out a field study of an area affected by faulting.
(i) State four importance of having a pre-visit of the area.
(ii) Give three advantages of using observation to collect data.
(iii) Give five importance of learning Geography through fieldwork.
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Name indicators of global warming.
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Name indicators of global warming.
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Define the term “Earth’s rotation”
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Define the term “Earth’s rotation”
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