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1997 WAEC Geography Theory (a) Highlight any five features of rotational bush fallowing as practised in WestAfrica (b) State...

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WAEC 1997

(a) Highlight any five features of rotational bush fallowing as practised in WestAfrica

(b) State four advantages of this system of agriculture

(c) Outline any four disadvantages of the system 
 

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Explanation

(a) Five features of rotational bush fallowing are;

 (i) Farmlands are left to fallow after one or two years of cultivation

(ii) Farmers return to the farmland after fallow period of 2-5 years

(ii) It uses simple farm tools It uses family labour

(v) Mixed cropping is usually practised

(b) Four advantages of the system include:

(i) Soil fertility is regained naturally

(ii) It is easy to practice as low technology is required

(iii) Fallow area provides good grazing grounds

(iv) It is cheap as little is spent on labour and other inputs

(c) Four advantages of the system include

(i) It wastes land due to large area required

(ii) It leads to land fragmentation

(iii) It leads to soil erosion when soil is exhausted

(iv) It does not give room for mechanization 
 


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