Agriculture Form One Textbook – Hard Copy

The book “agriculture resource book one “is a book set for the excellence of students preparing to do their KCSE agricultural paper exam.

The book has been set by seasoned qualified examiners who understand the specific needs of a learner. It has included objectives of the introductory agricultural study basis pertaining the following topics.:

• Introduction to agriculture
• Factors influencing agriculture
• Farm tools and equipment
• Crop Production (Land preparation)
• Water supply, irrigation and drainage
• Soil fertility; organic manures
• Livestock production; common breeds
• Agriculture economics

In an overview of how KCSE agricultural exams are set the book has been able to feature a stream of past KCSE agricultural exams questions. Most captivating being last years’ 2021 exam which featured four questions one of them being questions 1 a) asking to state two ways  in which the foreign exchange earned from agriculture is important to Kenya  (1 mark) which was well spotlighted in this book, and questions 21 b) ) in paper one asking to explain four aspects of rainfall that a farmer should consider when choosing a crop to grow. (8 marks).

The book has had a great influence to many students and has been an aid to many schools, this being top performing schools such as National schools, Extra County schools and some sub county schools countrywide. Such schools have become frequent users of the resource agriculture book form 1and it’s no wonder their outstanding and remarkable performance in their KCSE agriculture exams.

The book has been recommended for students at form one level in their revision as they prepare for their KCSE agriculture exam paper and also tutors who prepare prediction papers to gauge students’ level of understanding in their learning.