AGRICULTURALSCIENCEFIRST TERMSS

ONE

WEEK TOPIC/ ACTIVITIES

CONTENT
1 MeaningandImportanceof Classdiscussi
Agriculture on
i. DefinitionofAgriculture
ii. BranchesofAgriculture
iii. Importance of
Agriculture to the
individual,communit
yandthenation.
2 Problemsof Classd
AgriculturalDevelopmentin iscussi
Nigeria on
Problemscreatedbyinadequate:
i. Land
ii. Basicamenities
iii. Finance
iv. Transportation
v. Shortageandproces
singfacilities
vi. Agriculturaleducati
onandextension
vii. Toolsandmachiner
y
viii. Farminputs.
3 Solutions to the Classdiscussi
Problems of on
Agriculture inNigeria

Possiblesolutionstoidentifiedpr
oblems
4 Husbandry of Selected Cultivate
Crops (Root and at least a
tubercrops) cropsuite
e.g.yam,cassava,sweetpo d
tatoes. totheloca
i. Methodofpropagati lenviron
on ment.
 ii. Climaticand
soilrequirements
iii. Landpreparation
iv. Manuringandfertili
zerapplication
v. Harvesting,
processing and
storage of
theselectedcrops
5 Husbandry of selected Keep
crops (cereals) e.g. appropri
maize,riceetc. ate
i. Methodofpropagation farmrec
ii. Climaticand ords
soilrequirements
iii. Land preparation,
planting dates,
seedrates,spacing,s
owingdepth
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer
requirements
andapplication
v. Harvesting, processing
andstorage
6 Landanditsuses Class
i. Definitionofland discussion/
ii. Usesofland for: take
- Agriculture thestudents
- Forestry totheschoo
- Wildlife lfarmland,
orchard.
7 FactorsaffectingLandavailab Classdiscussi
ility on
Factorsaffectinglandavai
labilityforagriculturalpur
poses:
i. Alternative uses
of land e.g.
building
ofcities,towns,ind
 ustries,roads
ii. Soiltype and
topography
8 Husbandry of Oil Grow at
crops e.g. Oil palm, least one
melon,groundnut. of
i. Methodofpropagation theoilcro
ii. Climaticand ps
soilrequirements
iii. Land
preparation (pre-
planting
andplanting
operations)
iv.Manuringandfertilizerre
quirements
v. Harvesting,
processing and storage
of oilcrops
9 Husbandryofbeveragee.g.coc Keep
oa,tea andcoffee appropr
i. Methodofpropagation iate
ii. Climaticand farmrec
soilrequirements ords
iii. Land
preparati
on (pre-
plantingo
perations
)
iv. Manuringandfertilizerr
equirements
v. Harvesting,
processing and
storage
ofbeverage.
10 Husbandryof latexcrop Keepagood
e.g.rubber farmrecord
i. Methodofpropagation
ii. Climaticand
soilrequirements
 iii. Landpreparation,nurser
yrequirements
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer
requirements
andapplication
v. Harvesting, processing
andstorage
11 Practical:Identification Students
Identification of the common should
crops available e.g. oilpalm identifye
fruits, cocoa pod, kola nut, achcropb
rubber seed, cottonseedand yknowin
lint,groundnutpod,differentsp gtheir
ecies ofmaizeetc. names
(common
),and
botanical
12 Revision Revision
13 Examination Examination
14 Examination Examination