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Nomadic way of life

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:05:38+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Nomadic way of life

Nomads are always on the move and their way of life is quite tough due to the harsh environment.
Nomads move following traditional routes and following rainbelt zones.
They travel light to enable […]

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Irrigation Farming

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:41:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Irrigation Farming

This is the artificial application of water on land in order to grow crops when prevailing climatic and weather conditions cannot sustain such crop growth.
This expensive farming system is carried out in order to:
1. Increase […]

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Problems caused by nomadism

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:07+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Tuaregs of North Africa. Image credit thisfabtrek.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Problems caused by nomadism

The way of life led by the nomads creates a lot of problems to the environment, to themselves, to other people and to African governments.
These problems include:

Cattle diseases.

These spread […]

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Types of Irrigation

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:42:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sprinkler irrigation are a form of modern irrigation. Image credit financialgazette.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Irrigation Farming:Types of Irrigation

irrigation may be divided into two groups namely:
traditional forms of irrigation and
modern ones.

Traditional forms of irrigation

Under traditional methods, there’s the water wheel moved by draught power […]

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Solutions to the Problems Caused by Nomadism

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sedentarization is a possible solution. Image credit aljazeera.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Solutions to the Problems Caused by Nomadism

The problem caused by nomads are a cause for concern for settled farmers and governments in Africa, as well as international organisation such as the United Nations.
As a result, […]

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Farming types in Africa: Shifting Cultivation

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:45:18+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Shifting Cultivation

Areas where practised in Africa

Central DRC,
Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania,
The Chitemene system by the Bemba and the Ushi in north-east Zambia,
The Chiinge system in the Chipinge area of Zimbabwe and
Central Guinea.

Characteristics

Shifting […]

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Nomadism: A Case Study

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:14:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sahel Nomads. Image credit btcycle.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadism: A Case Study: Sedentarisation of nomads in the Sahel

Sedenterisation of Nomads in the Sahel

In this scheme, an area to settle the nomads is selected by UN officials.
A deep well is sunk at the centre, […]

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The Main Irrigation Schemes of Africa and Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:14:13+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Vaal Barrage dam in South Africa. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:The Main Irrigation Schemes of Africa and Zimbabwe

Almost every country in Africa has irrigation schemes of different sizes, most of them too small to note but the big ones are few due to the […]

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Nomadism Case Study: The Fulani of West Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:15:39+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadism Case Study: The Fulani of West Africa

The Fulani practice their nomadism in a vast tract of land called the Sahel stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Ethiopian Highlands in the east.
This region covers […]

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