Category: O level Agriculture

This topic will focus on the implications of the economic principles such as risks, uncertainties and the law of diminishing returns and its implications to farmers in Zimbabwe. It will also explain the ways of inimizing risks.

Appropriate technology refers to the simple techniques that are used in performing the intended task easily. It is the technique that is affordable to the farmer depending on the scale of operation. For example, a rural peasant farmer can make use of ox-drawn plough for ploughing his or her relatively small piece of land.

Farm roads are pathways on which people and machinery use to move from one point to another around the farm. They are constructed by use of various materials.

Every building in the farm is designed to suit its functions. Various farm buildings which are designed for livestock housing include fowl runs, cattle pens, piggery units, dairy parlours, and other essential buildings like farm sheds, garages, offices, dip tanks and toilets.

Fencing refers to construction of a structure that provides a boundary or demarcation between two or more areas. Fencing involves the use of anchors that serves the purpose of keeping the fence intact.

Breeding of animals is a nature's way of ensuring that the species continues to live from one generation to the next. In animal breeding the aim is to produce a regular supply of young animals which can later be sold for profit. However to get the best results, the farmer must ensure selection of best stock breeds.

Proper management skills of indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle, sheep and goats is important. The farmer should be able to select breeds of animals that are suitable for his / her environmental conditions basing on the traits of breeds of the animal.

Proper management skills of indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle, sheep and goats is important. The farmer should be able to select breeds of animals that are suitable for his / her environmental conditions basing on the traits of breeds of the animal.

Proper management skills of indigenous and exotic breeds of cattle, sheep and goats is important. The farmer should be able to select breeds of animals that are suitable for his / her environmental conditions basing on the traits of breeds of the animal.