Agricultural Sciences Memo 2 (English)

November 2017 — Grade 12 / Matric — Agricultural Sciences

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1.1.10A/B (10 x 2\ (20\

1.2.5(5 x 2\ (10\

1.3.5Balance sheet Collateral Heritability Incomplete dominance Monohybrid (5 x 2\ (10\

1.4.5Res earch /survey Labour Atavism /throwback Genetic engineering /modification/manipulation Silencing

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2.1Entrepreneurship

2.1.1ntrepreneurial success factors Organisational/ coordination abilities Technical/o perational knowledge Innovative/creativeness /vision/insight

2.1THREE resources required for starting a business inancial Human hysical

2.2Development of marketing

2.2.1TWO functions of marketing Packaging Storage Transportation (Any 2\ (2\

2.2.2arketing type Free marketing (1\

2.2.3Reason The farmer will selling direct to the consumer and wholesalers no regulatory measures (1\

2.2.4TWO problems of free marketing ompetition High marketing costs/m arketing products time spent expensive Limited bargaining power

2.3Marketing process

2.3.1Marketing process illustrated Marketing /supply demand chain (1\

2.3.2The highest paying consumer Consumer C (1\

2.3.3TWO reasons for paying the high price Processing cost Transportation cost Profit margins/intermediaries Storage costs ( Any 2\ (2\

2.3.4TWO factors hampering marketing during transportation Perishability /spoilage of the product ccidents /physical damages Bad roads limiting a ccess to market

2.4dentification of the marketing approach

2.4.1Niche marketing (1\

2.4.2Multi segment marketing (1\

2.5Bar graph on sugar cane production

2.5.1A bar graph on the supply and demand of sugar cane from 2013 o 2016 Criteria/rubric/marking guidelines Correct heading axis orrectly calibrated and labelled ( Time axis orrectly

2.5.2TWO factors influencing the price of sugar cane Supply Demand (2\

2.6Business plan

2.6.1Definition of a business plan It is a document that describes a business the entrepreneur wants is intending to st art (2\

2.6.2TWO r easons for drawing up a business plan Test the feasibility and economic viability etermination of the financial needs /budgeting Guiding daily operations To foresee problems/mistakes Outlines the roles

2.6.3TWO problems encountered when drawing up a business plan Conducting i nsufficient research /survey Provision of too much unnecessary information/l eaving gap

Q3— Section header —

3.1Analysis of an advert

3.1.1Indication of the position for placement in JOB Position of a farm manager /manager

3.1.2TWO r easons JOB Qualification needed for the job Analytical and c onceptual skills required for the job

3.1.3kills enabling candidate for JOB (a\ Analytical and c onceptual skill (1\ (b\ Financial management

3.1.4Type of temporary labourer for JOB Seasonal (1\

3.1.5Reason Needed to operate a harv ester which is done seasonally (1\

3.2HIV infect ions of farm workers over thirteen years

3.2.1The trend of HIV infections over years Infections increased from 1998 until reaching peak in 2007 and decreased from 2007 to 2010 (2\

3.2.2Possible measures that might have resulted in trend after 2007 Provide awareness campaigns /education Provision of access to condoms Abstain from sex Access to treatment to sexually transmitted disease

3.2HREE impacts of HIV on the productivity of farm workers Work ers become sick/ production declines /deadlines not met Lack of energy to complete tasks Absenteeism

3.3easure to reduce labour problems

3.3Mechanisation /provision of leave /rest time/ nutritional programmes /additional work force (1\

3.3Provision of training /re skilling (1\

3.4Scenario on capital

3.4Typ of capital from the scenario Movable Fixed (Any 1\

3.4.2Calculation of the amount to be repaid after a year at 11,5% 180 R160 000 160 000 x 11,5% 400 R160 0 + R 18

3.4.3Total income of the enterprise for THREE months Sale of eggs = R12 000 x 4 = R48 000 x 3 = R144 Total income = R144 000 + R105 000 = R249 000

3.4.4TWO reason to be able to repay the loan The farmer is making a profit/ surplus/ R70 600 he expected income for three months will be R 249

3.5Strategic management

3.5TWO reasons for developing a business strategy To make business more p rofitab le/ more competitive To enable the manager to adapt to changes/ challeng es that

3.5.2he steps in strategic management Developing business strategy /planning Mission Vision Goals and objectives (4\

3.6Scenario on land as a production factor

3.6.1Method of increasing land productivity Zero till / Water management

3.6.2ONE adaptation measure used to increase the land productivity /zero till

3.6.3method to improve yields in the future Breeding of drought resistant cultivars /GM/ developing hybrids (1\ [35]35

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4.1Illustration of incomplete dominance

4.1.1Type of dominance Incomplete dominance (1\

4.1.2Motivation on the type of dominance The offspring inherited none of the colours of the parents ( No parent is dominant\ The offspring is grey/intermediate/ neither black nor white (2\

4.1Completi on of the missing answers (a\ WW (b\ (c\ (e\ (g\ BW/

4.2GMO crop

4.2.1TWO b enefits crops More productive higher yields /improved commercial properties Resistant

4.2.2Genetic modification of maize plants tracted from the bacterium ( Bacillus thuringien ransferred maize plant

4.2.3Negative fect the environment cro reation uper weeds Possibility to create pesticides resistant insects Bene

4.3.1TWO common ancestors of individuals S and D (Any 2\

4.3.2Benefits of upgrading to livestock farmers A new breed is gradually imported into the herd Initial rapid results ( 50% improvement in first generation\ Deformities/ unwanted characteristics occur less frequent

4.4Scenario on variation

4.4.1he genetic phenomenon Variation (1\

4.4.2TWO possible external causes of the phenomenon Diseases/pests Nutrients /feeding Climate/temperature/rainfall Environmental /soil

4.3Schematic representation of line breeding

4.4.3Importance of this phenomenon Assists in selecting parents with the desired characteristics Develop new cultivars/crop varieties (Any 1\ (1\

4.5Breeding systems

4.5.1Suitable animal breeding stem Cross breeding (1\

4.5.2Reason There are two breed involved Nguni and Hereford breeds (1\

4.5.3Motivation of the breeding system Leads to increased heterosis ybrid vigour / better performance Produces progeny that is hardy esistant to diseases Progeny produce heavy early

4.5.4TWO disadvantages breeding Leads to inbreeding depression Increases the expression of lethal genes Leads to deformed offspring Causes the loss of genetic variation (Any 2\

4.6Estimated Breeding Value (EBV\

4.6.1TWO characteristics for selection Birth weight Slaughter weight (2\

4.6.2TWO reasons Accuracy percentage is higher in both Characteristics are h ighly reliable Heritability is also high in both (Any 2\ (2\

4.6.3TWO importance of the Estimated Breeding Value The prediction of the performance of the progeny for a particular characteristic Indicate the characteristic to select for based on performance Help to estimate the rate of genetic progress in the breeding

Topics Identified

Plant ProductionAnimal ProductionAgricultural ManagementSoil Science

Mark Allocation

Total150 marks

Sections35 + 35 + 35 = 105 marks

Paper information

SubjectAgricultural Sciences

Year2017

SessionNovember

TypeMemo

PaperPaper 2

LanguageEnglish

Pages9

Downloads2

Examination context

Decade2010s

Years ago9y

SeasonSpring (SH)

Start daySunday

Exam periodNovember 2017

Days since exam3,275

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