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Farm Inputs: Land Ownership

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:56:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A communal farmer. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farm Inputs: Land Ownership

Land ownership or tenure

This mainly results from socio-economic and political as well as historical factors that prevail in an area.
The tenant or leasehold system of land tenure in one where a landlord leases or rents land to […]

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Farm Inputs: Land size, Soil and Slope

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:23:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Crops require the right soil. Image credit voanewsamerica.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farm Inputs: Land size, Soil and Slope

Land size

Size of the land is significant in farming because where land is short and farming land is small, traditional farmers have to practice intensive subsistence farming.
Subsistence farming is the growing of […]

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Commercial ranching

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:20:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Brahman cattle. Image credit agcanada.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Commercial ranching

This is the large scale rearing of livestock mainly to produce meat for sale.
In Zimbabwe however, the ranching has of late been diversified with the farmers not just keeping cattle and sheep but also wildlife […]

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Power supply and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Power is important in industry

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Power supply and Location of industries

Almost all modern industries use electricity in their industrial process.
This power can come from individual small stations of thermal, nuclear or hydro-origin in which case the industries must locate close to the […]

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Railways, ports and inland waterways

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:16:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A Ferry on Lake Malawi. Image credit seabreezes.co.im

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport: Railways, ports and inland waterways

Africa’s transport network is the least development in the world for various reason.
The continent has some of the world’s poorest nations with very low Gross Domestic Products (GDPs), Gross National Products […]

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The benefits and problems facing SADC

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:08:35+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Some of the SADC staff.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Trade:The benefits and problems facing SADC

Benefits

The countries collectively from a large regional market.
Jointly, the countries have a diverse resources base. If exploited fully these would stimulate rapid economic growth within the region.
Bilateral trade between member states.
There are […]

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Effects of mining on the environment

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:01:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Gullying as a result of panning. Image credit Reuters

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources Impact of mining on the environment

Deforestation and erosion as large areas are cleared when surface methods of mining are used.
Frequency of open quarries, trenches and pits may cause land degradation.
Infrastructure development which include the […]

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Uses,problems,solutions of commercial forests in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:40:36+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Treated poles. Image credit wattle.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Uses, problems and solutions of commercial forests

Commercial forests have different uses.
Some of which include:
1. The pine and eucalyptus are mainly used for construction purposes, furniture making as well as in the pulp and paper industry.
2. Treated eucalyptus poles are also […]

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Natural Resources: Water conservation

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:25:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Conservation of water is important. Image credit voanews.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Water:Water conservation

Water conservation is the management of water resources in ways that prevent them from pollution.
It includes all the policies, strategies and activities made to sustainably manage the natural resource fresh water.
It also […]

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