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Agriculture Paper 1 Question Paper

Agriculture Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

Instructions:Answer all the questions. 1.Give four biological methods of soil erosion control.(4mks) 2.Give three aspects of light that influence crop growth.(3mks) 3.State three deficiency symptoms of sulphur in the soil that can be exhibited by growing crops.(3mks) 4.Give four factors that a farmer has to consider before he embarks on the chosen method of pests control.(4mks) 5.State two precautions considered while picking cherry during harvesting.(2mks) 6.Give four ways of acquiring land for agricultural use in Kenya today.(4mks) 7.Give four disadvantages of mulching.(4mks) 8.Give four sources of agriculture credit available to farmers.(4mks) 9.State three reasons for top dressing a pasture.(3mks) 10.Give three losses that are commonly incurred during silage making.(3mks) 11.State four reasons that discourage farmers using manure.(4mks) 12.State four methods of water harvesting in a farm.(4mks) 13.State four benefits of term water harvesting in micro catchments.(4mks) 14.Give four conditions under which a biological weed control would be efficiently used.(4mks) 15.State four objectives of agricultural research stations.(4mks) 16.A farmer was adviced to apply a compound fertilizer 25-40-10 on an onion establishment plot 10m*25m at the rate of 160kgms per hectare. a)Calculate the amount of fertilizers the farmer would require for the plot.(2mks) b)What do the figures 40 and 10 in the fertilizer stand for?(2mks)

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