SS2 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work for Third Term
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TOPIC(S)
CONTENT
- (a) Meaning of Environmental Physiology
- (b) Effects of Changes in Climate such as
(i) Temperature;
(ii) Relative humidity;
(iii) Light;
on growth, reproduction, milk production, egg production, etc.
- (a) Meaning of Livestock Management
- (b) Requirements for Livestock Management
(i) Disease control
(ii) Housing
(iii) Feeding
(iv) Hygiene, etc. (Poultry, ruminants and non-ruminants. - (c) Importance of these Management Practices
- (d) Livestock Production Project
- (a) Meaning of Animal Nutrition
- (b) Classification of Feeds
(i) Basal/Energy Feeds or Carbohydrate
(ii) Protein Concentrates
(iii) Mineral/Vitamin Supplements
(iv) Roughages - (c) Sources and Functions of Food Nutrients
- (d) Types of Ration/Diet and their Uses; Components of a Balanced Diet
- (e) Causes and Symptoms of Malnutrition and their Correction in a Farm
- (a) Meaning and Importance of Rangeland/Pasture to Livestock
- (b) Characteristics of Rangeland – Contains high quality grasses and legumes, etc.
- (c) Common Grasses of Livestock in Rangeland
- (d) Factors Affecting the Level of Production of Herbage
- (e) Methods of Rangeland and Pasture Improvement
- (a) Basic Economic Principles
(i) Scarcity
(ii) Choice
(iii) Scale of Preference
(iv) Law of Diminishing Returns - (b) Factors of Production
(i) Land
(ii) Capital
(iii)
Labour – Characteristics and Classification (iv) Management or Entrepreneur
- (a) Meaning of Farm Manager
- (b) Functions of Farm a Manager – Planning, coordinating, etc.
- (c) Problems of Farm Managers
(i) Inadequate farm
(ii) Inadequate information about sources of inputs
(iii) Government policy, etc.
- (a) Principles of Demand
(i) Definition of Demand
(ii) Law of Demand
(iii) Factors Affecting Demand
(iv) Movements along the Demand Curve
(v) Shifts in the Demand Curve - (b) Principles of Supply
(i) Definition of Supply
(ii) Law of Supply
(iii) Movement along the Supply Curve
(iv) Shifts in the Supply Curve
- (a) Price Support
- (b) Price Control
- (c) Subsidy Programmes and their Effects on Agricultural Production
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