Paper 2 · Land as natural heritage, timber treatment and wood types
Land is described as a natural heritage. Which statement best supports that description?
AIt can be bought at any time from a shop as soon as a farmer has the money
BIt is created afresh each season by the rains that fall on a district
CIt belongs only to the person who happens to be farming it this year
DIt is passed from one generation to the next and cannot be manufactured
Explanation: Land is a gift of nature in fixed supply. No one can make more of it, and what is degraded in one generation is what the next generation inherits. That is why a farmer is treated as a custodian rather than simply an owner, and why conservation law obliges the user to hand the land on in a workable condition.
Derived from ZIMSEC Agriculture 4001/2 Paper 2, November 2019, Q1