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Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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

Subsistence farmers grow traditional crops such as maize, rice, sorghum, groundnuts, rapoko, millet and cassava.
They keep livestock in the form of cattle, goats, mules, donkeys, pigs and some poultry.
This is done on a small scale […]

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Plantation (estate) farming

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:34+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Plantation (estate) farming

This is the large-scale production, usually of one crop on a large piece of land called an estate, for an extended period of time.
The crop grown here may be perennial, that is, grown […]

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Wheat farming in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Wheat field

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Wheat farming in Zimbabwe

Growing conditions and growing area

Very capital-intensive crop growth mainly by commercial farmers in Zimbabwe.
Capital required for seeds, irrigation equipment, fertilizers and machinery.
Being a temperate crop, it is grown in winter under irrigation.
Rainfall must be […]

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Farming types in Africa: Bush Fallowing

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Bush Fallowing

In many respects, it is similar to shifting cultivation but differs in that instead of rotating homes, the cultivated land is rotated.
The once cultivated area is abandoned without any crops for about five years […]

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Reasons for the decline of plantation farming in Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:33+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Reasons for the decline of plantation farming in Africa

Despite the advantages of estate farming estate farming has its problems.
They exhaust soils of the same nutrients since one crop may be grown for up to 30 […]

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Nomadic Pastoralism

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:40+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming: Nomadic Pastoralism

Another traditional farming system still practiced in Africa and dates back for centuries is nomadic pastoralism.
The people who practice nomadism are called nomads.
Livestock kept by the nomads in Africa include goats, sheep, donkeys, […]

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The major estates of Zimbabwe: Hippo Valley case study

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:33+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:The major estates of Zimbabwe: Hippo Valley case study

Hippo Valley estate is located in the S.E Lowveld of Zimbabwe.
Size-Large land of size 111 4555 ha leased to a company by government.
Ownership-Ownership is by Anglo-American Corporation […]

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Nomadic way of life

By Rachel Majaya|2022-09-15T12:36:40+02:00January 24th, 2023|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|2022-09-15T12:36:33+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Small scale irrigation. Image credit wfp.org

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|2022-09-15T12:36:39+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

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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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January 2023