Agriculture science sba

Name of Student: Obiojilu john

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TABLE OF CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION

Problem statement
Manure is a substantial expense in cultivating crops. The researcher has observed that within the
past few years the cultivation of crops was difficult to accomplish due to the use of substandard
manure. The crops produced were sold at a lower cost due to the lower yield produced by former
students. The researcher is conducting a survey to determine which manure whether organic or
inorganic is better to use to produce a high yield of crops and also to see if this factor can lower
the expenses on the students. The Poi grown will be measured weekly and their leaves will be
counted every weekly and have their heights and number of leaves compared at the end of the
eight weeks and will further be analysed and placed for easier interpretation on graphs

AIM
To fine out whether of the profitability of the poi will be affected by the type of fertilizer used in
production that is organic manure compared to inorganic fertilizer
To determine if the use of inorganic fertiliser will have any effect or the plant growth of opi
To investigate whether the use of 15:15:15 fertilizer in the production of poi will improve
marketability pf the poi and juice produced from production.
Methodology

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
For the purpose of this investigation a total of 30 Poi was planted. There searcher cultivated 2
beds. Bed A and bed B both consisting of 15 Poi seedlings each. On each bed different fertilizer
was administered.
Bed A will be cultivated using organic manure (cow manure) while bed B will be cultivated
using inorganic manure (Urea).
Both beds will be cultivated in a period of 8 weeks prior to reaping. Five seedlings will be
selected randomly from both bed and their growth will be measured and recorded weekly; after
which a comparison and analysis will be done.
The researcher will further plot a graph using the results for easy interpretations.

Materials, Tools and Equipment

 Hoe
 Fork
 Shovel
 Seed box
 Water can
 Cutlass

Usage Materials, Tools and Equipment

Hoe
The hoe was use for clearing and removal of weeds.
Fork
The fork was use for loosing up the soil
Shovel
The shovel was use for digging and loosing up the soil
Seed box
The seed box was use for planting the poi seeds.
Water can
The water can was use for watering the poi.
Cutlass
The cutlass was use for cutting weeds.

 
List of activities dated and described.

Land preparation
The land had bushes and grasses, the researcher used a cutlass to clear the grasses, a rake was used to
heap into windrow followed by a pitch fork to dispose the dry hay

Tillage
The soil was broken up by secondary tillage which involves the breaking up of larger colds of
soil to smaller bits so that water and air can enter more freely. This was done using a hoe and trowel.

Drainage
The drain was necessary to ensure that the soil was properly aerated since excess or
standing water can choke the crop. This was done using a shovel.

Levelling and preparing the bed (s)

The land was made into a bed that was suitable for the plants, weather conditions, and soil type.
A raised bed was constructed since it carries macro pores that allows a proper irrigation in the
beds

Watering the bed
The bed was soaked using water can before transplanting the seedlings.

Transplanting the seedlings 

After the bed was soaked the seedlings were transplanted with the use of a trowel to make the
small holes.

Making of covering
Sticks were placed into the soil to support the branch covering. The branched covering was made
to avoid direct sunlight from getting directly to the seedlings. Coconut tree branches were used
to make the covering.

Weed control
The checking of unwanted vegetation was done and it was removed.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING STUDENT ENGANGED IN THIS INVESTIGATION

DATA COLLECTION
The aims of this experiment support the fact to determine which type of manure is best suited for the production of
higher yields of Poi while maintain a low cost of production. Both bed of Poi was grown for eight
(8) weeks. The results obtained are shown below:

Results
Average hight per Plant
The average hight per Plant increased in both the organic and inorganic beds over the
experimental period (Table 1). In the organic bed, the average hight per Plant increased from 10
to 19; whereas in the inorganic bed, the increase in the average hight per Plant was from 16 to 26

The table below show the hight of the plant (Poi)

WEEK ORGANIC PLANT HIGHT INORGANIC PLANT
(CM) HIGHT (CM)
2 1O cm 16 cm
4 13 cm 19 cm
6 16 cm 22 cm
8 19 cm 26 cm

Average Number of Leaves per Plant

The average number of leaves per plant increased in both the organic and inorganic beds over
the experimental period (Table 2). In the organic bed, the average number of leaves per plant
increased from 7 to 20; whereas in the inorganic bed, the increase in the number of leaves per
plant was from 10 to 37.

The table below show the number of leaves.

WEEK ORGANIC PLANT INORGANIC PLANT
LEAVES (CM) LEAVES (CM)
2 7 leaves 10 leaves
4 12 leaves 18 leaves
 6 17 leaves 25 leaves
8 28 leaves 37 leaves

Interpretation of data

Throughout week two (2) there was a fluctuation in the height of the Poi for both beds of plant.
At the end of the week plants growing with inorganic manure showed higher heights.
For week four (4) there was less fluctuation in the heights when compared to week two (2).both
bed of plants had steady heights but those growing with inorganic manure had higher heights.
Week six (6) shows a rapid increase for plants growing with inorganic manure but a slow
increase of height for the other plant when compared to the heights recorded for week four (4)
Throughout week six (6) there was a rapid increase in both beds of plant when compared to the
previous results. From the results it was observed that growth rate of plants growing with
inorganic manure was more rapid than those receiving organic.

Graph displaying results.

The bar chart below shows the hight of the poi

 Hight of poi

week 2

week 4

week 6

week 8

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Inorganic poi Orgnic poi

The pie chart below shows the total number of leaves

NUMBER OF LEAVES

Oganic poi

Inoeganic
poi

Oganic poi Inoeganic poi