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AVP720S - APPLIED VEGETABLE PRODUCTION - 2ND OPP - NOV 2024 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVER s I TY
OF SCIEnCE AnDTECHOOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF AGRICULTURALSCIENCEAND AGRIBUSINESS
QUALIFICATIONS:BACHELOROF SCIENCEIN HORTICULTURE
QUALIFICATIONSCODE: 07BHOR LEVEL:7
COURSECODE:AVP720S
COURSENAME: APPLIEDVEGETABLEPRODUCTION
DATE: JANUARY 2025
PAPER:2
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SECONDOPPORTUNITY/SUPPLEMENTARYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER:
DR MALIATA ATHON WANGA
MODERATOR: DR FIDELISMWAZI
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all the questions.
2. Write neatly and clearly.
3. Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.
4. All written work MUST be done in blue or black ink.
5. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Calculator
2. Examination paper
3. Examination script
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Question 1
Provide a brief note on the terminologies below:
[20 Marks]
A. Food safety
(2)
B. Quality vegetable produce
(2)
C. Horticultural enterprise diversification
(2)
D. Post-harvest losses
(2)
E. Yield in vegetable
(2)
F. Integrated Vegetable Management (IVM)
(2)
G. Economic significance of vegetable
(2)
H. Vegetable value chain
(2)
I. Temperate vegetable crops
(2)
J. Processed vegetables
(2)
Question 2
[80 Marks]
A. Briefly discuss the importance of educating farmers and consumers on the importance of food
safety and sources of contamination.
(10)
B. Provide a brief discussion on key health standards from production to marketing in vegetable.
(10)
C. Provide and discuss primary sources of microbial contamination in vegetables industry.
(10)
D. Provide and discuss best practices to prevent microbial contamination in growing vegetables.
(10)
E. Highlight the benefits and disadvantages of introducing agroforestry at small- and large-scale
production in Namibia.
(10)
F. Highlight the benefits and disadvantages of organic farming at small- and large-scale production in
Namibia.
(10)
G. Provide recommendations needed to improve vegetable value-chain in Namibia.
(10)
H. Discussthe importance of plant breeding and improved seed system in vegetable industry. (10)
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