CLASS 8 SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON NOTES 2020

RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC  ACTIVITY

Settler farming in Kenya

• This are Europeans who came to Kenya and acquired land during the colonial days .
• Most of them came into country after the construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway

AREAS OCCUPIED BY  SETTLERS

• They settlers took their fertile land where the Africans practiced agriculture
• The main areas occupied were:
• i)The central highland of Muranga,Thika,Nyeri and Kiambu.
• ii)Central rift valley eg Nakuru and Laikipia.
• iii)The western highlands of Trans nzoia,Kitale,Eldoret,Nyamira and Bureti.
• iv)The Konza-Embakasi btw Nairobi and Machakos.

Methods of settles farming in Kenya

a)Mixed farming e.g Crops and animals

b)Livestock farming e.g Dairy  cattles

1. c) Plantation farming e.g Coffee, tea

d)Irrigation farming e.g coffee plantations.

Effects of settlers farming in Kenya

• Some settler farming had both negative & positive effect in Kenya

Positive Effects Are

• Introduction of commercial farming.
• Introduction of exotic animals
• Development of infrastructure
• Setting up industries
• Creation of urban centers

Negative Effects Area

• Squatters problems
• Racism
• Reserves of low productivity
• Exploitation of Africans.

WORK TO DO

1.Which one of the following areaa was occupied by white settlers in Kenya?

2.Which crops are not found in plantation farms?

3.Which one of the following is not a positive effects of settler farming?

4. Which of the following is not occupied by settlers?

5. Pyrethrum, Sisal,Wheat and Tea are example of______ ___ farming.

6.Three of the following are drought resistant crop were planted in the traditional farms except?

7. Research Question.
Name 4 negative effects of settler farming in Kenya.