PSLE Agriculture study guide
PSLE Agriculture · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is the primary school leaving qualification awarded in Botswana and one of the qualifications listed by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) alongside the JCE and BGCSE. BEC is mandated under section 5 of the Botswana Examinations Council Act (Act No 11 of 2002), as amended by the Botswana Examinations Amendment Act, 2019, to manage and conduct examinations and assessments in general education and technical, vocational education and training, and to award certificates for them. The PSLE is therefore intended for primary school candidates completing their final year of basic schooling before progressing to junior secondary education. BEC publishes a PSLE results summary online and maintains dedicated PSLE pages covering administration, reports and assessment, and exam centres, where candidates can find official information. This page focuses on the Agriculture component of PSLE study, covering the primary-school agriculture content that learners meet in the national curriculum: crops and soils, livestock and animal care, farm tools and safety, water and irrigation, and the role of agriculture in daily life and the economy. Because BEC does not publish detailed PSLE Agriculture parameters here, candidates should confirm the current syllabus, paper structure and timetables through BEC's official channels. Topics on this exam: Agriculture. The PSLE Agriculture study guide has 1 section and about 395 words.
01Agriculture: Farming Systems, Soil, Crops and Livestock
Agriculture is the deliberate growing of crops and rearing of animals for food, fibre and other products. A candidate should be able to explain the difference between subsistence farming (produce mostly consumed by the farmer's family) and commercial farming (produce mainly sold for profit), and between arable farming (crops) and pastoral farming (animals). Know the inputs of a farm system - land, labour, capital, water, seed and stock - and the outputs - crops, milk, eggs, meat, wool and waste that can be recycled as manure. Understand that fertile topsoil contains mineral particles, humus (decayed organic matter), air, water and living organisms.
395 words, about 2 minMore study resources for PSLE Agriculture
- Practice questionsWhich part of a plant mainly absorbs water and dissolved minerals from the soil?
- FlashcardsDefinition of agriculture. Agriculture is the practice of growing crops and raising animals to produce food, fibre and other useful materials for people, using land, water, labour and knowledge.
- Cheat sheetAgriculture is the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for food, fibre and other products; it splits into crop farming (arable) and livestock farming (pastoral).
- Key termsagriculture. The practice of growing crops and raising animals for food, fibre and other useful products.
- Study planMap the full Agriculture syllabus into a one-page topic list and rank each topic by estimated exam weight.
- Common mistakesThe question wording ('state the farming system practised') is confused with 'state what is grown', so pupils label the content of the farm instead of the management system.
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