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4 marksSustainable Agricultural Practices

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(iii)

Figure 1 illustrates the percentage of farmers using specific environmentally sustainable practices.

Suggest TWO reasons why the practices identified in (a)(ii) are not popular.

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  1. 1(a)(i)State THREE deductions that could be made from the data presented in Figure 1.[3 marks]
  2. 1(a)(ii)Calculate the combined percentage of farmers who use the TWO LEAST popular practices.[2 marks]
  3. 1(a)(iv)State TWO benefits that farmers derive from practising organic farming.[2 marks]
  4. 1(b)Explain, giving TWO reasons, why global warming should be of major concern to agriculture-based economies in the Caribbean.[6 marks]
  5. 1(c)Suggest THREE reasons why more farmers in the Caribbean are increasing their use of technology in agriculture.[3 marks]

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