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4 marksEnvironmental Impacts and Threats to Agriculture

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(iii)

Table 1 presents rankings by students from two Caribbean countries regarding environmental impacts of agriculture, where 1 indicates the highest impact and 5 the lowest.

Discuss TWO ways by which pollution from agrochemicals can threaten sustainable agriculture.

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  1. 1(a)(i)State THREE features of sustainable agriculture.[3 marks]
  2. 1(a)(ii)Using the information from Table 1, state FIVE deductions regarding the students' perceptions of the impact of agriculture on the environment in their country.[5 marks]
  3. 1(b)Provide TWO reasons to justify the statement that agriculture plays significant roles in the Caribbean region and should be afforded greater importance and…[4 marks]
  4. 1(c)Explain, citing TWO reasons, how technology could impact POSITIVELY on agriculture in the Caribbean.[4 marks]

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