Why agriculture matters to Kenyan society
Geography · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
Food, jobs, factories, exports and rural towns all rest on farming - including food security as a national concern.
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- 6 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
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