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Advantages and Disadvantages of a Population Census

By garikaib|2025-02-12T08:58:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A census in progress. Image credit timeslive.co.za ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population:Advantages and Disadvantages of a Population Census

Like most things a population census has both its merits and demirits

Advantages

It is the most accurate count of a country’s population on which official planning […]

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Migration: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:19:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Forced Migration. Image credit UNHCR

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: Introduction

Migration is the permanent or semi-permanent movement of people from one area to another, one country to another or one continent to another.
This involves the change of residence
There are several ways to classify migrations and these are:
1. In terms […]

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Human Farm Inputs: Farm machinery

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

Farm Tractors are widely used equipment.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Human Farm Inputs: Farm machinery

Farm machinery

This is a very crucial human input in that it determines the productive capacity of a farming system.
The machinery used depends on the technological advancements of that community.
Machinery helps in making work light in […]

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Human Farm Inputs: Labour and Capital

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:26:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Capital and Labour are important on farms. Image credit buzzsouthafrica.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farm Inputs:Farm Inputs: Labour and Capital

These fall under Human Inputs

Labour

This refers to the number of people involved in a production system, their skills or technical know-how as well as their production objectives.
In traditional farming systems, […]

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Cattle Ranching as a system

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:20:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Grazing Cattle. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Cattle Ranching as a system

We are aware that some of the information in this topic is dated but we have included it because examiners still keep examining on it.

Cattle ranching , like any other farming activity, is […]

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Government Policy and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:07:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hon. Patrick Chinamasa presenting the budget.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Government Policy and Location of industries

This factor affects both industrial growth and location in a national economy in a number of ways.
In terms of industrial growth, government can affect this through:
Fiscal policy – Fiscal policy […]

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Sea Ports in Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:16:27+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The port at Cape Town South Africa. Image credit businessmediamags.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Transport:Ports in Africa

Siting of ports in Africa

The siting of a port is determined by the physical environment.
Deep estuaries or deep offshore waters are necessary otherwise where the continental shelf is shallow, a lot of […]

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Domestic Trade in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:09:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A vendor selling his wares

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Trade:Domestic Trade in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s internal trade (domestic trade) is controlled by processing, manufacturing and marketing of agro-based products.
The flow of goods starts with the producer of raw materials, through to marketing boards, to manufacture, to wholesalers and retailers and […]

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Rehabilitation of mine areas.

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:01:33+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A rehabilitated Zinc mine in Australia. Image credit abc.net.au

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Mining:Rehabilitation of mine areas

Land rehabilitation is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters, etc.) has resulted in its damage.

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