Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the Agriculture Paper 1 Starehe Girls' Center 2024 Mock Exam as a KCSE Trial Exam. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  The examination paper is divided into three sections: A, B, and C. Learners are required to answer all questions in Section A (30 marks) and Section B (20 marks), plus any two questions from Section C (40 marks). The paper is marked out of a total of 90 marks and should be completed within a duration of 2 hours.

  The key topics covered in the paper include:

  • Farm Management: Enterprise selection, farm inventory, diversification, and preparing farm financial statements (Profit and Loss account).
  • Crop Production: Detailed practices for tomatoes, nursery and seedbed management, vegetative propagation, and pasture establishment.
  • Soil Science: Soil and water conservation, fertilizer calculations, soil loss, mineral deficiencies, and organic farming practices like mulching.
  • Crop Protection: Weed characteristics, disease control methods (pruning, rogueing), and common maize diseases.
  • Agricultural Economics: Land reform, land consolidation, and the functions of agricultural bodies like the Coffee Board of Kenya.
  • Farm Machinery and Irrigation: Selection of primary cultivation implements and methods of irrigation.
• Length:

  12 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE

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