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CROP PRODUCTION I (LAND PREPARATION)

- Land preparation entails the following farming practices.


- Land clearing or bush clearing tools, chemicals and equipment used.
- Primary cultivation, tools and equipment as machines used.
- Primary cultivation, tools and equipment as machines used.
- Secondary cultivation, tools and equipment used.
- Tertiary operations e.g. ridging, rolling and leveling.
- Sub-soiling, tools used and reasons for the same.
- Minimum tillage and reasons for the secure.

The following relevant questions and their answers in this topic will greatly
help and motivate
the user to comprehend and understand the required concepts and farming
practices:

1. Give three factors that determine depth of ploughing during land preparation

2. List four reasons for cultivating land before planting

3. (a) What is minimum tillage?


(b) Give four farming practices that help in achieving minimum tillage.
4. (a) Describe the establishment of grass pasture from the time the land is
ploughed using a mould
board plough to the time the pasture is ready for grazing

(b) Explain five practices that a farmer should carry out to ensure uniform
germination of seeds (c) Describe five factors that determine the number
of cultivations when preparing a seedbed
5. State four physical conditions of the seedbed that need to be changed to
facilitate germination
6. State four importance of sub soiling as a tertiary operation

7. Outline four advantages of rolling in seedbed preparation

8. State four disadvantages of minimum tillage

9. The diagram below illustrate a tertiary operation carried out in the farm

a) Identify the tertiary operation

b) (i) State the importance of the tertiary operation identified in 20(a) above
(ii) Give two other tertiary operations carried out in the field besides the
one identified above
10. Give two reasons why it is advisable to cultivate the field during the dry
season
11. How are hard pans caused by cultivation?
12. Give four factors that determine the number of secondary cultivation
operations
13. Define the term minimum tillage
14. List four advantages of timely planting
15. State any two factors that determine the number of cultivation on a field
before it is ready for
planting
17. Give three benefits of timely planting of annual crops

18. State four factors determining the depth of ploughing land

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