(i) Definition of Agriculture

(ii) Discussion of factors influencing Agriculture

(iii) Explaining types of Agriculture

(iv) Location of major cash crops on the map of Kenya

(v) Discussing the selected crops in respective countries

(vi) Identifying and explaining similarities and differences between selected crop farming in Kenya and that of other parts of the world.

(vii) Discussing Pastoral farming in Kenya

(viii) Comparing and contrasting:

(a)Dairy farming in Kenya and Denmark

(b) Bee farming in Kenya and Argentina

(ix) Carrying out field work on agricultural activities in the local environment

1 (a) (i) State the difference between land reclamation and land rehabilitation.

(ii) Other than tree planting, give three other methods employed in rehabilitation of land.

(b) (i) State three objectives that led to the establishment of Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya

ii) Explain four human problems that face irrigation farming in Kenya.

2. (a) Describe the stages followed in the reclamation of land from the sea in Netherlands

(b) State four benefits of the delta plan to the Netherlands.

3. (a) (i) Name two districts in Rift valley where maize is grown in plantations.

(ii) Describe maize production from planting to harvesting.

(b)Outline the significance of maize growing in Kenya.

4. Explain three problems facing maize farmers in Kenya.

5. (a) Name two exotic breeds of dairy cattle reared in Kenya.

(b) Give three reasons why the Kenya highlands are suitable for dairy farming.

6. (a) Name two horticultural crops grown in Kenya

(b) State three reasons why horticulture is more developed in the Netherlands than in Kenya.

7. (a) Name two horticultural crops that are produced in Kenya

(b) Explain two reasons why horticultural produce is exported by air

8. (a) (i) What is nomadic pastoralism?

(ii) State three characteristics of nomadic pastoralism

9. a)i) Name three exotic breeds of dairy cattle kept in Kenya

ii) Apart from milk name three other dairy products

b)i) State three factors which favour the rearing of dairy cattle in Kenya highlands

ii) Explain four problems facing dairy farmers in Kenya

c) i)Compare dairy farming in Kenya and Netherlands

ii) Name two dairy plants in Kenya

10. (a) Name two dairy breed found in the lowlands of Kenya

(b) State three problems that have hindered the dairy activities in the Kenya highland

11. a) State three physical factors that favour wheat farming in Kenya

b) Give three problems facing wheat farming in Kenya

12. (a) Name ;

(i) Three provinces in Kenya where wheat is grown on commercial scale

(ii) Three wheat producing provinces in Canada

(b) Explain three conditions that favour wheat farming in Kenya

(c) Explain five factors which enable Canada to produce more wheat than Kenya

(d) State three importance of wheat to the economy of Canada

13. (a) Name three districts in Kenya where wheat is grown on large scale

(b) Account for any four physical conditions needed for the growth of wheat

(c) Describe the cultivation of wheat under the following:-

(i) Processing of wheat

(ii) Marketing of wheat

(d)(i) Explain two problems facing wheat farmers in Kenya

(ii) Give two reasons why Canada produces more wheat than Kenya (2mks)

14. (a) State three physical conditions that favour sugarcane cultivation in Western Kenya

(b) Give two reasons why we need to encourage dairy farming in Kenya

15. (a) (i) Apart from Ghana name two other countries that produces cocoa in Africa

(ii) State three physical conditions that favour large scale cocoa farming in Ghana

(b) Outline the stages cocoa goes through from harvesting to the time it is ready for export

(c) Explain three problems experienced by cocoa farmers in Ghana

16. (a) (i) What is horticulture

(ii) Horticulture is more developed in the Netherlands is more developed in the Netherlands

than in Kenya. Give four reasons for this

(iii) Give three reasons why the growing of flowers in green house is preferred in Kenya

17. Give four physical factors favouring wheat -growing in Kenya

18. (a) State two physical conditions favoring dairy farming in the Kenya highlands

(b) Compare dairy farming in Kenya and Denmark under the following headings:-

(i) Feeding of the animals

(ii) Marketing of the products

19. (a) Name two exotic breeds of beef cattle reared in Kenya

(b) State three physical conditions that favour beef farming in Argentina

21. a) Differentiate between horticulture and market gardening

b) State three factors that favour horticultural industry in Kenya

22. a) Define nomadic pastoralism

b) Give three characteristics of pastoral farming in Kenya

23. a) Give four reasons why there has been a steady increase of milk production in Kenya in

the recent past

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