Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
Welcome to the Agricultural Science section for all classes — JSS 1 to SS 3!
We offer comprehensive notes, video lessons, quizzes, and practice tests based on the BECE, WAEC, and NECO syllabus.
Whether you’re just starting in Junior Secondary School or preparing for your final exams in Senior Secondary School, our resources simplify topics, explain concepts clearly, and build your understanding of agriculture in a real-world context.
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INFORMATIVE ADVERTISING Informative advertising is the delivery of advertising messages through mass media with the intent of informing a target market about the benefits offered by a new product or innovation. COMPETITIVE ADVERTISING What is competitive advertising? Promotional technique in…
Advertising is widely used to promote a product or a service. Value-added agriculture is no exception. Value-added agriculture provides some unique advertising opportunities and challenges. Advertising is controlled communication about a product. Definition of Product Advertising Product advertising is any…
What is Branding? A brand is the combination of a name, words, symbol, or design that identifies the product and the company and differentiates it from the competition. Branding serves as a way for consumers to quickly and easily identify…
Packaging is the technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport,…
Animal disease, an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. African horse sickness African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly fatal, non-contagious, infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys caused by the…
The functions of a farm manager can be grouped into five major headings: Organisation This involves planning and structuring all farm activities and resources to ensure smooth operations. Administration This deals with the day-to-day running of the farm’s records, finances,…
Management refers to the person or group of persons who coordinate, organise and control the use of other factors of production. In other words, the person(s) who combine other factors of production (land, labour and capital) to produce goods and…
Capital includes all man-made productive assets which are used in production. In other words, these are assets made by man to enable him to produce goods and services. Features of Capital Fixed Capital These are capital or assets purchased for…
Labour includes all forms of productive human efforts put into or utilized in production. It also refers to man’s mental and physical exertions generated in the process of production. Features of Labour 2. Human efforts can be intellectual or mental,…
LAND Land refers to where productive activities such as growing crops, rearing of animals and establishing farmsteads, etc, are carried out. Features of Land Importance of Land in an Agricultural Enterprise Questions: 1What is land? 2. State five features of…
A crop is a plant which is cultivated by man for some beneficial purposes. Crops can be classified based on: CLASSIFICATION BASED ON LIFE CYCLE The life cycle of a crop is the period from the planting of the seed…
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (CROP AND ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION) CLIMATE: This is defined as the average weather condition of a place measured over a long period. FACTORS OF CLIMATE: It includes rainfall, relative humidity, temperature, light, wind, and…
LAND Land is man’s natural endowment (the gift of nature). It is the solid part of earth’s surface (the soil and its mineral resources) where production like farming and livestock management takes place. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LAND USES OF LAND…
MEANING OF AGRO-ALLIED INDUSTRIES Agro-allied industries/Agro-based industries are industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials in order to operate successfully. In other words, agro-based industries require the supply of agricultural raw materials in order to provide some finished…
Science and Technology have played significant roles in the development of agriculture in Nigeria and many other countries of the world. These roles include EVALUATION GENERAL EVALUATION WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT THEORY See also AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT…
ROLES OF GOVERNMENT IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Agricultural activities are controlled or directed in one way or the other by the government through their ministries of agriculture. They draw up policies and programmes, they make regulations for those concerned with agricultural…
The following farming practices have consequences or effects on the soil; This involves setting fire to the bushes to clear out the vegetation MERITS DEMERITS Overgrazing is a situation where more animals than can be supported on a particular…
Plant nutrients are classified into two types, these includes macronutrient and micronutrient. MACRONUTRIENTS These are mineral elements or nutrients required by crops in large quantities. Examples are: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium and sulphur. MICRONUTRIENT OR TRACE ELEMENTS These are…
These factors are grouped into three, CLIMATIC FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Climate is the average weather condition of a place over a long period. The elements of climate are: rainfall, humidity, light, temperature, drought, wind, sunlight, humidity e.t.c. RAINFALL Rainfall…