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CVA621S - CONSERVATIOON AGRICULTURE - 2ND OPP - NOV 2024 |
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nAmI BIA unIVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURALSCIENCESAND AGRIBUSINESS
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF SCIENCEIN AGRICULTURE
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAGA
LEVEL: 7
COURSECODE:CVA 621S
COURSENAME: CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
DATE: JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER:2
MARKS: 100
SECONDOPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) ALEX MERORO
MODERATOR: CLIFFORD AKASHAMBATWA
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number your answers clearly.
This paper consistsof THREEpages including this front.
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QUESTION 1
Explain the role or rationale for promoting integrated crops and livestock management in
Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems.
(8)
QUESTION 2
Describe integrated crop and livestock farming in CA systems
(6)
QUESTION 3
Explain why conservation agriculture is important in animal agriculture
(5)
QUESTION 4
How does conservation agriculture benefit you?
(5)
QUESTION 5
Describe the difference between primary and secondary tillage
(8)
QUESTION 6
Explain the technical difference between organic agriculture and conservation agriculture (6)
QUESTION 7
Is conservation agriculture climate smart why / why not? Also, explain what is the best
sustainable approach for soil quality indicators?
(4)
QUESTION 8
Does adoption of CA lead to increase compaction of agricultural soils and nutrients supplies
coming from under CA cropping systems?
(4)
QUESTION 9
How are bacteria useful in conservation and modern farming and why micro-organisms are
essential for agriculture under climate changes scenario?
(6)
QUESTION 10
How can conservation agriculture benefit vulnerable people e.g. women and children, HIV/
AIDS patients, and youth?
(8)
QUESTION 11
Describe the economic consequences of soil degradation and what kind of policies can reduce
the degradation? Please use your home village nor country specific of interest to you, as a
point of reference in your discussion
(15)
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QUESTION 12
Two farmers in Mukwe constituency of the Kavango east region and Hardap regions has a
problem with wind erosion and what advice on measures to control will you advise them (15)
Question 13
Explain the principles of Sustainable soil management
(10)
TOTAL MARKS (100)