The graph below shows percentage value of some export commodities from Kenya between 1999 and 2003. Use it to answer questions below. (i) What was the...

      

The graph below shows percentage value of some export commodities from Kenya between 1999 and 2003. Use it to answer questions below.
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(i) What was the percentage value of the tea exported in the year
2000?
(ii) What was the difference in the percentage values of the
horticultural products and coffee exports in 1999?
(iii) Describe the trend of the value of coffee exports from 1999 to
2003
(iv) Explain three factors which may have led to the increased export earnings from horticultural produce in Kenya between years 1999 and 2003
(v) Give three advantages of using simple line graphs to represent
data.

  

Answers


Kavungya
(i) 29.3% (29 - 29.5%) 29%
(ii) 4.75%/4.8%/4.9%
(4.75% - 4.9%)
(iii) Describe the trend of the value of coffee exports from years 1999 to 2003.
• The value was generally declining over the five year period.
• The value was highest in 1999.
• The decline between 1999 and 2000 was minimal/gradual.
• The highest drop was between 2000 and 2001
• There was a minimal drop between 2002 and 2003.
• The decline between 2001 and 2002 was minimal/gradual.
• The value was lowest in 2003.
(iv) Explain three factors which may have led to the increased export earnings
from horticultural produce in Kenya between years 1999 and 2003.
• Improved technology which leads to advanced crop husbandry/increase the volume of fresh horticultural products.
• Aggressive promotion of trade abroad leading to a wide/ready market in foreign countries.
• Improved ways of packaging have made the produce more competitive/ attractive,
• Improved infrastructure/air/road transport have helped in the quick means of transportation of fresh produce to the market.
• The declining benefits from traditional agricultural exports leading to the expansion of the areas under horticultural crops.
• The government has encouraged the formation of organizations that are assisting horticultural farmers.
(v) Give three advantages of using simple line graphs to represent data.
• Give clear visual impression.
• Easy to construct.
• Easy to interpret.
• Can be used to represent a wide variety of variables.
• Appropriate for comparison.
Kavungya answered the question on June 7, 2019 at 08:12


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