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Bl [Total: 20] goto zedpastpapers.com for moreCentre | Cancidate Number ‘Number als Candidate Name _ ! EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA 3 Examination for General Certificate of Education rains gee & G on Agricultural Science * 5037/1 Paper 1 Theory Wednesday Anse Bolt A ye zedpastpapers.com Time: 2 hours Write your na number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page and on. the Answer Boo! ‘There are Ten questions in this paper Section A Answer all questions Write your answers in the spaces prnuirled on the question paper Section B ‘Answer any three questions. Write your answers in the Answer Booklet provided, At the end of the exarnination: 11 fasten the Answer Booklet s uurely to the question paper 2 enter the numbers of the Section B questions you have answered in the grid far Examiner's uso. FOR EXAMINER'S US! 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[5] (c) How does conservation agriculture achio(® giitable benefits? 15] (d) Why is intercropping important on therejét of a family in your local area?[3] (e) What advice would you give t Gre: to increase crop yields and reduce labour costs? & (11 (f) Why are crops stored serene fi) [Total: 20] 7 (a) (i) List ponents of a farming syste™. 6 de actpapeld.com 7) rg methods of farming. (4 (b) (i), the effects of land tenure by inheritance on agriculture. [5] “a ‘Suggest how a country can discourage land tenure by inheritance. [3] (©) _ Explain why farmers are advised to grow a crop where the temperature is optimum. [2] (d) Summarise how temperature can be modified in a field. 13] [Total: 20] 8 (a) __List five factors that farmers consider when removing animals from a herd. [5] (b) _ Describe the steps of artificial insemination in cattle. (41 (c)__ State the activities involved in the construction of a deep litter house. 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