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Geography students from Igoji went for a field study at Mumias sugar factory. i) Identify two methods they used to collect data ii) Explain three problems...

Geography students from Igoji went for a field study at Mumias sugar factory.

i) Identify two methods they used to collect data

ii) Explain three problems they identified facing sugar-cane farmers in Kenya.

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Martin
i) Methods appropriate used to collect data.

- Interviewing a resource person in the factory
- Filling in a questionnaire
- Observing stages in sugar processing
-Taking photograph


Problems facing sugarcane farmers in Kenya identified by students.

- Fire outbreaks in sugarcane areas destroy the cane
- Delayed payment lowers farmers morale. This lowers production
- Low prices of sugarcane discourages the farmers whose effort to earn a living is directed elsewhere
- Inadequate/unreliable transport delays the collection of sugarcane from the farm/lowering the tonnage
- Delay in harvesting the cane lowers quality and tonnage of harvest, thus the farmers earn less/breakdown of machinery in mills and farms
- Mismanagement of sugar companies leading to losses/demoralizing the farmers
- The high cost of farm inputs leads to low income for the farmers and this discourages them
- Pest and diseases destroy the cane/stagnate the growth of cane lowering the produce
- Bad weather denies sugarcane mature time
- Poor seeds hence poor harvest reduce quality
- Stiff competition from imported sugar. Cane factories cannot pay farmers/delayed payments

marto answered the question on September 12, 2019 at 09:44

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