Question 1
- Define aquaculture
- State three significances of aquaculture in Kenya
Answer
- Refers to fish farming / fish rearing
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- Source of income
- Employment opportunity
- Earns foreign exchange
Question 2
- Differentiate between nomadic pastoralism and transhumance pastoralism
- Give four measures taken by the government to improve life of nomads in Kenya
Answer
- Nomadic are always on move in search of water and pasture while transhumance the movement is not continuous - Education
- Providing market
- Provision veterinary services
- Construction of boreholes
Question 3
- Outline three factors that determine the type of irrigation to be used.
- State four physical conditions that favours the establishment of Mwea. Irrigation scheme.
Answer
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- Topography
- Type of soil
- Availability of capital -
- presence of river Tiba and Nyamindi
- Unreliable and inadequate rainfall
- Black cotton soil
- Gentle sloping land enables water to reach farm by gravity
Question 4
- Define agroforestry
- Give three reasons why agro-forestry is encouraged in Kenya
Answer
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- Is a land use system where there is growing of trees and crops on the same piece of land at the same time.
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- To create employment
- To protect soil from erosion
- To maintain hydrological cycle
- To create scenic beauty
Question 5
State four causes of desertification
Answer
- Deforestation
- Climatic change (prolonged drought)
- Poor methods of farming (overstocking)
- Accidental fires
- Climatic change (prolonged drought)
- Poor methods of farming (overstocking)
- Accidental fires