INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE
This topic entails the following:-
- Definition of agriculture
- Main branches of agriculture
- Farming systems
- Farming methods
- Role of agriculture to Kenyaโs economy
- Varied opportunities in agriculture.
The following relevant questions and their answers in this topic will help and motivate the user to comprehend and understand the required concepts and practices:
- Give two factors which characterize intensive farming
- State three reasons why organic farming is encouraged in farming
- State two ways in which agriculture contributes to industrial development
- State four ways by which wind affects the growth of crops
- State one physical characteristic used in classifying soil
- Outline four advantages of organic farming
- State two conditions under which shifting cultivation is practiced
- Differentiate between the following terms as used in Agriculture:-Oleculture and floriculture
- Apiculture and aquaculture