Sbh2151:Introduction To East African Agriculture Question Paper
Sbh2151:Introduction To East African Agriculture
Course:Bachelor Of Crop Protection
Institution: Meru University Of Science And Technology question papers
Exam Year:2012
QUESTION ONE – 30 MARKS (a) Describe the term Agriculture. (4Marks) (b) What is farm? (4Marks) (c) Explain five theories that explain the origin of agriculture. (10 Marks) (d) Highlight the eight so-called Neolithic Founder Crops of Agriculture. (4 Marks) (e) Explain the role played by the discovery of fire and its contribution to Agricultural development. (8Marks) QUESTION TWO – 20 MARKS (a) Explain the relationship between the trans-human migration and the East African Agriculture. (10Marks) (b) Highlight the various crops that are believed to have originated in East African. (10Marks)
QUESTION THREE – 20 MARKS (a) Give an account of the Colonial Era in Kenya and describe its contribution to the development of Kenyan Agriculture. (15 Marks) (b) Outline the characteristics of shifting cultivation. (5Marks)
QUESTION FOUR– 20 MARKS Agriculture is particularly affected by climatic conditions. Explain these environmental factors that affect and influence agricultural production. (20Marks)
QUESTION FIVE– 20 MARKS (a) Outline the vegetation that characterises the East African Climate. (8Mar
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