Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises Alliance Boys High School Agriculture Paper 1 2024 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The marking scheme is towards the end of the document.

  It is a KCSE Agriculture Paper 1 (Theory) mock examination.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 80
  • Number of Questions: Section A (short answer questions), Section B (structured questions), and Section C (essay questions)

  It covered the following topics:

  • Farming systems including mixed farming, agroforestry, organic farming, and shifting cultivation
  • Crop production practices such as thinning and gapping
  • Soil and water conservation including micro-catchments and soil erosion factors
  • Farm records and financial documents such as delivery notes
  • Land reforms in Kenya including consolidation, adjudication, and redistribution
  • Farm costs in poultry production (fixed and variable costs)
  • Water sources including springs, wells, and boreholes
  • Crop nutrition disorders such as blossom end rot in tomatoes
  • Green manuring and qualities of suitable green manure crops
  • Crop pests affecting cabbage and their identification
  • Crop management practices including pinching and coppicing
  • Advantages of row planting over broadcasting
  • Integrated pest management principles
  • Farm water management and types of water pumps
  • Problems associated with nomadic pastoralism
  • Factors of agricultural production and agricultural contribution to national income
  • Soil properties including texture and capillarity
  • Crop propagation methods such as layering and factors influencing rooting
  • Weed identification and economic importance of weeds
  • Physical methods of pest control
  • Importance of land drainage
  • Safety precautions when handling and spraying herbicides
  • Characteristics of ideal agroforestry tree species
  • Factors influencing irrigation methods
  • Rotational grazing and its advantages
  • Principles of cooperative societies
  • Causes of loss of soil fertility
  • Field production and utilization of Napier grass
• File Size:

  3.85 MB
• Length:

  8 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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