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Agriculture Revision Questions and Answers: Form 1 to Form 4 : All Topics

1. a). What is Agriculture?
The art and Science of crop and livestock production.
b). State the roles played by agriculture in national development
- Food supply
- Source of raw materials for industries
- Employment opportunities
- Foreign exchange earnings
- Source of capital for development
- Market for industrial goods.
c). State the forms of employment in Agriculture
i. Primary employment
- Working on farms
ii. Secondary employment
- In agriculture – based industries
iii. Tertiary employment
- In distribution of farm produce.
d). i) Briefly outline the problems that have hindered agricultural development
in Kenya.
- Lack of capital for investment
- Pests and diseases of crops and livestock
- Unpredictable climatic conditions
- Fluctuation of market prices
- Inadequate or poor storage structure leading to heavy lose
- Inadequate technical know-how
- Population pressure hence over-use of land
- Poor communication
- Perishability
- Bulky commodity prices
ii) Suggest ways in which these problems can be alleviated
- Proper food preservation
- Improved communication network
- Industries located near bulky products
- Extension services/ advice
- Provide good seeds
- Credit facilities
- Pest and disease control
- Irrigation
- Proper storage facilities
- Government price control.
2. a) i) What are the characteristics of shifting cultivation?
- Limited capital for investment
- Use of rudimentary tools and equipment
- Small land usually cultivated
- Slash and burn technique of clearing
- Crops not properly managed.
ii) State the problems associated with shifting cultivation.
- A wasteful method of farming
- Slow rate of regeneration of vegetation allowing soil erosion to take place
- No incentive to develop land
- No permanent structures are put up hence a lot of time wasted in moving or travelling to
the homestead
- A lot of time wasted in moving from one place to another.
b) What is pastoralism?
- A major system of keeping livestock and moving with them from place of search of
better pasture and water for livestock.
c) State the factors to consider in choosing a type of farm
- Type of enterprise itself
- Environmental factors
- Knowledge and skills of the farmer about the enterprise
- Available resources e.g labour and capital
- Cultural factors/ social factors
- Governmental policy
- Type of market he is producing for.
d) What is arable farming?
- Growing of crops only.
e) i) State the limitations of mixed farming
- The farmer will obtain sustainable income throughout the year
- The farmer will never experience total loss
- Animals contribute manure to crops while crops contribute/ provide crop residues fed to
animals.
- Labour is utilized efficiently throughout the year
- Animals can be used to do work in the farm e.g oxen ploughing
ii) State the limitations of mixed farming
- Lack of enough land for more enterprises
- Lack of enough capital
- Lack of specialisation.
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