Grade 8Agriculture and Nutrition
What your child actually learns this year
Every strand and every topic in the Grade 8 Agriculture and Nutrition curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.
1Conservation of ResourcesKeeping the two things farming cannot be done without.
Soil Conservation Measures
3 skillsKeeping the topsoil where it is: terraces, cover crops and working along the contour.
Water Harvesting and Storage
3 skillsCatching rain while it falls and keeping it clean until the dry season.
2Food Production ProcessesThe largest strand, and the most hands on: from the seed to the plate.
Kitchen and Backyard Gardening
3 skillsGrowing food in a small space, which is what most households actually have.
Poultry Rearing in a Fold
4 skillsKeeping chickens in a movable pen: housing, feeding, and keeping them healthy.
Crop Pest and Disease Control
3 skillsRecognising what is eating the crop, and choosing between a chemical and a cheaper method that works.
Preparation of Animal Products
4 skillsHandling milk, eggs and meat safely between the animal and the table.
Preserving Animal Products
4 skillsMaking them last without a fridge, which is the difference between a surplus and a loss.
Cooking: Preparing a Balanced Meal
4 skillsPutting together a meal that is nutritionally complete out of what a household can afford.
3Hygiene PracticesShort, and not optional.
Cleaning the Kitchen
3 skillsHygiene done properly, and why it is a health matter rather than a tidiness one.
4Production TechniquesMaking things, including with a phone.
Sewing Skills: Constructing Household Items
4 skillsMaking something useful by hand: measuring, cutting and sewing it to a finish.
Constructing Innovative Animal Waterer
3 skillsDesigning and building a thing that has to work. Engineering, at farm scale.
ICT Support Services
3 skillsUsing a phone or a computer for farming: prices, weather, and where to sell.
Why you can take this page at face value
Straight from the KICD design
The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 8 Agriculture and Nutrition curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.
Nothing here is a sample
Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.
Marked by a machine, written by a person
Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.
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