SUA721S - SUSTAINABLE URBAN AGRICULTURE - 2ND OPP - NOV 2024


SUA721S - SUSTAINABLE URBAN AGRICULTURE - 2ND OPP - NOV 2024



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OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF HEALTH, NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED SCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURAL RESSOURCESSCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURALSCIENCESAND AGRIBUSINESS
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF SCIENCEIN AGRICULTURE
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAGA
LEVEL: 7
COURSECODE:SUA 721S
COURSESUSTAINABLEURBAN AGRICULTURE
DATE: JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER:2
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY /SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Alex Meroro
MODERATOR: Dr Ibo Zimmermann
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number your answers clearly.
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QUESTION 1
You have a vegetable garden, poultry, rabbits, goats, and a dam. Explain to Urban dwellers
what each component has to offer to others and what it needs in return from other.
(20)
QUESTION 2
Explain why sustainable urban agriculture its importance
(6)
QUESTION 3
Explain the problem experienced with sustainable urban agriculture
(4)
QUESTION 4
4.1. What are the four things needed to create ideal environment to compost?
(4)
4.2. Explain the disadvantages of composting in urban settings
(7)
QUESTIONS
Define the term permaculture systems
(4)
QUESTION 6
6.1. Explain the principles of permaculture
(6)
62. Explain the concepts of natural systems
(6)
QUESTION 7
Explain the significance of different animals in permaculture systems
(7)
QUESTION 8
Explain Vermicompost
(6)
QUESTION 9
Explain why sustainable Urban Agriculture is on the rise around the informal and urban
settlement in Windhoek or Namibia as a whole and globally
(10)
QUESTION 10
Define the term Vertical farming
(2)
QUESTION 11
Explain the benefits of vertical farming
(4)
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QUESTION 12
Describe the disadvantages associated with Sustainable urban agriculture
QUESTION 13
What are the advantages of vertical farming?
QUESTION 14
Define the term green infrastructures?
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