(b) Highlight any four problems of development in the Eastern borderland
(a) Absence of mineral resources
(b) Rugged relief
(c) Soil erosion
(d) Poor transportation network
(e) Poor quality pasture
(f) Remoteness / inaccessibility
(g) Scanty rainfall / drought
(h) Environmental degradation such as coal mining and overgrazing
(i) Excessive flooding of the lowlands
(j) Rural — urban migration / drift
(k) Inadequate surface drinking water
(I) Land infertility due to continuous cropping.
(c) Outline two solutions to any of the problems highlighted in (b) above
(a) Provision of irrigation scheme
(b) Provision of amenities in rural areas
(c) Provision of clean and reliable water supply
(d) Construction of better roads
(e) Re-afforestation
(f) Cooperative farming
(g) Use of fertilizers and manure to improve soil fertility
(h) Channelization of water courses
(i) Review of land use decree
(j) Strip / terrace farming
(k) Development of cattle ranch.