agriculture

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

Growing conditions and growing area

• Staple food crop of Zimbabwe.
• Production is 2.8 million tonnes.
• Annually with 70% from communal farmers.
• Main producing area-ecological region 2.
• Rainfall-minimum 890 mm, otherwise supplement with irrigation temperature about 21° C […]
  

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

Growing conditions and growing area

• This accounts for 30 % of the country forex earnings and 12% of GDP.
• It employs over 300 000 people.
• Region 2 major growing area.
• Rainfall 700-1000 mm […]
  

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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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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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