Jss1 Agricultural Science Topics

TOPIC: CROP AND ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT AND METHOD OF ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT

SPECIFIC OBJEVTIVES: By the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

1. Define crop and animal improvement
2. List aims of crop and animal improvement
3. Mention three methods of crop and animal improvement

CROP IMOPROVEMENT

Is defined as the development of new and superior crop varieties in terms of yield and quantity.

AIMS OF CROP IMPROVEMENT

TOPICS: MEANING OF MARKET AND MARKETING IN AGRICULTURE, IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETNG

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lessons, the students should be able to:

1. Define marketing in Agriculture
2. Differentiate between market and marketing
3. Mention at least three importance of Agricultural marketing

MEANINGOF MARKET AND MARKETING

TOPIC: USES OR BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF WEEDS

1. Some weeds are eaten by man as food eg. Water leaf.
2. Some weeds serve as feed for farm animals eg guinea and elephant grass.
3. Some weeds are medicinal and use in curing diseases.
4. Weeds are cut and serve as mulching materials.
5. Dead weeds decay and release nutrients to the soil.
6. Weeds  help in preventing erosion.

METHODS OF WEED CONTROL

Weeds can be controlled or eliminated by any of the following methods.