agriculture

Maize farm near Harare

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 […]
  

Ox drawn ploughs are used by some small scale mixed farmers. Image credit BBC

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa:Characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming

• The characteristics and methods of small scale mixed farming are uniform across the face of Africa.
• The land owned by the peasant […]
  

Subsistence Farming. Image credit wordpress.com

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 […]
  

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 […]