Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises The Success Path Examination Council (SPEC) Agriculture Paper 1 2025 Pre-Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a Pre-Mock Agriculture 443/1 examination.

  • Month Administered: March 2025
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 90
  • Number of Questions: 1-24
  • Structure: Section A (30 Marks), Section B (20 Marks), Section C (40 Marks).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Labour records
    • Climatic factors influencing crop production
    • Water conveyance pipes on the farm
    • Land fragmentation in Kenya
    • Objectives of land tenure reforms
    • Land clearing and burning of vegetation
    • Importance of a good soil profile
    • Minimum tillage methods
    • Forage crops: Over-sowing and under-sowing
    • Nursery practices: Hardening off and pricking out
    • Environmental factors influencing herbicide effectiveness
    • Importance of mulching
    • Disadvantages of basin irrigation
    • Effects of soil erosion
    • Reasons for pasture conservation
    • Characteristics of fertile soil
    • Roles of calcium in crop production
    • Use of polythene sheets in vegetative propagation
  • Section B
    • Fertilizer calculations (Compound fertilizer 5:20:10)
    • Crop propagation practices (Layering)
    • Crop diseases (Irish potato blight/diseases)
    • Weed control (Parasitic weeds like Striga)
  • Section C
    • Crop production: Carrots (Land preparation, planting, field management)
    • Harvesting crops (Factors determining stage and time)
    • Effects of HIV/AIDS on agricultural production
    • Crop production: Coffee pruning
    • Crop production: Pyrethrum harvesting precautions
    • Uses of farm records
    • Factors determining seed rate
    • Transplanting vegetable seedlings
    • Reasons for processing agricultural produce
• File Size:

  335.12 KB
• Length:

  13 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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