AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SCHEME OF WORK NAPPS (SS1 – SS3)
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Senior Secondary School
First Term SS1 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
WEEKS TOPICS
- Introduction to Agriculture: Meaning, Branches and Importance of Agriculture.
- Types of Agriculture: Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture.
- Problems of Agricultural Development in Nigeria and their Possible Solutions.
- Roles of Government and Non-governmental Organization in Agricultural Development.
- Roles of Science and Technology in Agricultural Development
- Agro-Allied Industry and Relationship between Agriculture and Industry.
- Land and its Uses: Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Uses.
- Agricultural Laws and Reforms.
- Environmental Factors Affecting Agricultural Production.
- Classification of Crops:Based on Life Cycle, Morphology and Uses.
- Revision of the Term’s Work.
- Examination.
First Term SS2 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
WEEK TOPICS
1-2 Soil: Meaning, Types, Composition and Properties of Soil.
3 Farm Machinery and Implements: Types, Description, Uses and Maintenance.
4-5 Surveying and Planning of Farmstead; Meaning and Importance, Common Survey Equipment.
6 Irrigation and Drainage; Meaning, Importance, Types, Advantages and Disadvantages.
7 Environmental Factors Affecting Agricultural Production (Crops and Animals), Climatic Factors – Biotic factors – Edaphic factors.
8 – 9 Plant Nutrient and Nutrient Cycle.
Macro and Micro Nutrients.
Nitrogen, Carbon and Water cycles.
10 Factors Influencing Nutrient Availability in the Soil.
Methods of Replenishing Soil Nutrients
Farming Practices
First Term SS3 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
WEEK 1
ANIMAL NUTRITION
- Causes and symptoms of malnutrition and their correction In farm animals.
Note: Hey, silage should be mentioned. Types of diet for the various classes of animals and their characteristics should be studied.
WEEK 2
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
- Methods of disseminating new ideas and techniques to farmers
- Agricultural extension programmes in Nigeria e.g. ADP, NDE et.
- Problem faced by agricultural extension in Nigeria e.g. illiteracy among farmers etc.
WEEK 3 – 4
FISH FARMING:
- Meaning and importance of fish farming
- Conditions necessary for siting a fish pond establishment maintenance of fishpond
- Fishery regulations – meaning and regulations like close season, catch quota regular stocking etc.
- Fishing methods and tools
WEEK 5 – 6
ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT:
- Meaning, aims and methods of animal improvements
- Introduction
- Selection
- Breeding-types
- ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATIO:
Meaning of artificial insemination
Methods of collection of semen
Advantages and disadvantages of artificial insemination
WEEK 8 – 9
AGRICULTURAL FINANCING
- Meaning, importance and sources of finance
- Sources of finance-personal savings, commercial banks, cooperative societies etc.
Classes of credit:
- Problems faced by farmers in producing Agric credit
- Problems faced by institutions in granting loans to farmers
WEEK 10
Revision
WEEK 11 – 12
Examination
Second Term SS1 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
WEEKS TOPICS
1–2. Terminologies of Cultural practices in Crop Production
(i) Bush clearing
(ii) Stumping
(iii) Ploughing
(iv)Harrowing
(v) Ridging
(vi) Nursery and Transplanting
(vii) Planting and Sowing
(viii) Supplying
(ix) Thinning
(x) Weeding
(xi) Rouging
(xii) Fertilizer Application
(xiii) Mulching
(xiv) Harvesting
(xv)Processing
(xvi) Storage
(xvii) Grafting
(xviii) Budding
(xix) Scion, root stock etc.
3. Husbandry and Cultivation of some selected crops.
Discussion should include
(a) Introduction aspect e. g.
(i) Common and Botanical name
(ii) Uses
(iii) Varieties/type
(b) Environmental requirements:
(i) Edaphic (soil)
(ii) Climate (Rainfall and Temperature)
(c) Cultural Practices
(i) Land preparation, method of propagation, planting date, seed rate, spacing, sowing depth, nursery requirement, supplying, thinning, weeding, manure/fertilizer, application, pest/diseases control, harvesting, processing, storage and marketing.
Roots and tubers – cassava/yam
Vegetables – Tomato/Okra
Cereals – maize/Rice
- Fruits e. g. Citrus/banana
Oil crops/pulses e. g. Coconut/groundnut
- Beverages – cocoa/coffee
Spice e. g. Pepper/Ginger
- Fibres e. g. Cotton/Jute
Latex crops e.g. Rubber
4. Agricultural Ecology
Meaning, Importance of Agric Ecology
Component – Biotic, Abiotic, autotrophic and heterotrophic components in terrestrial and aquatic agro ecosystem. Mono and mixed cropping mixed farming, fish ponds, forest and savannah
5. Rock formation and types of rock i.e. igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
6. Rock weathering as process of soil formation, types of weathering – physical, biological and chemical
7. Factors of soil formation
(i) Parent Materials
(ii) Climate
(iii)Living organism
(iv) Topography
(v) Time
8. Revision
9- 12. Examination
Second Term SS2 Agric Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
Week 1-2 Pasture and Forage Crops:
– Meaning, Uses and Types (Natural and Artificial)
– Identification and Morphology of The Common Grass and Legumes Species Of Nigeria pastures.
– Factors affecting distribution and productivity of pasture.
– Management practices of pasture.
Week 3: forest management:
– Forest regulation
– Selected exploration
– Deforestation
– Regeneration
– Afforestation and targya system.
Week 4 & 5: floriculture;
Definition and importance of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers.
– Range and pasture management and Improvement.
– Meaning, types, characteristic and importance of rangeland to livestock production.
– Methods of rangeland and pasture improvement-controlled stocking, rotational grazing, use of fertilizer.
Week 6 &7; disease of crops:
– Definition, causal organism, economics importance, transmission, symptoms, preventive and control measures of the disease of the following crops.
– Cereal – smut, rice blast, leaf nuts etc.
– Legumes – cercospora leafspot, rosette etc.
– Beverages – cocoa black pod, swollen short, coffee leaf rust etc.
– Tuber – cassava mosaic, bacterial leaf blight etc.
– Fibre – black arm/bacterial blight of cotton.
– Vegetable – root knot of tomato pr okra damping off, onion twister etc.
Week 8 & 9 pest of crops;
– Definition, importance
– Cereals – stem borer, army, worm, earworm etc.
Legume – pod borer, aphid, sucking bug and leaf beetle etc.
– Beverages –cocoa myrid (capsids)
– Tuber – yam beetle, cassava mealy bug, green spider mite, variegated grasshopper etc.
– Fibre – cotton stainer, bull -worm
– Fruits and vegetables – thrip, grasshopper, leaf roller, leaf beetle, scale insect.
– Stored product – grain weevil, been battle.
Week 10; General prevention and control of pests of crop, physical, cultural, biological and chemical, side effects of the various preventive and control.
Methods: pollution, poisoning, disruption of ecosystem.
Week 11; Revision
Week 12 & 13; Examination
Second Term SS3 Agric Scheme of Work NAPPS
WEEK 1 – 2; AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
– Meaning importance of marketing
– Marketing agents e. g. retailer and wholesaler
– Marketing functions
– Assembly
– Transportation
– Processing
– Corporate bodies engaged in exporting agricultural products e. g. ANCE – Association of Nigeria Cooperative Exporters etc.
Week 3 – 4 principles of animal health management
– Meaning of disease
– Casual organisms – viral, bacteria, fungi and protozoa
– Factors that could predispose animals to disease
– Reactions of animals to diseases.
Week 5; Symptoms, effects and mode of transmission of selected diseases.
Week 6; Parasites
– Meaning, types, mode of transmission and life cycle of some selected livestock parasites. General methods of prevention and control of disease and parasites – quarantine, inoculation, dipping, drenching, spraying and devouring.
Week 7; practicals and agriculture
Week 8; mock examination
Third Term SS1 Agricultural Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
| 005 | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE |
| 1. | Simple Farm tools Identification, Description, uses maintenance |
| 2. | FARM POWER Definition. Sources, Advantages and Disadvantages |
| 3. | FARM MECHANDIZATION -Definition and meaning of mechnadization -Advantages and Disavanadages -Problems and Prospects mechanidization |
| 4& 5. | ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF FARM ANIMALS: Identification of parts and Important organs of a farm animals and their functions – digestive (monogastric and ruminant), circulatory, repordutive, respiratory and vervous system of farm animals. N. B. Details not required. |
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| 6 – 7. | REPRODUCTION IN FARM ANIMAL: (a) Explanation of the following: Oestrus cycle, heat period mating, gestation period, parturition, lactation and colostrums. (b) Process of egg formation in poultry (c) Main reproduction hormones and theory functions |
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| 8. | Environmental Physiology: Emphasis should be placed on the effect of changes in climate on growth reproduction, milk and egg production |
| 9& 10 | Livestock Management: Rearing at least one ruminant and monogastric animals from birth to market size with emphasis on: housing, feeding, Hygiene, finishing |
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| 11. | REVISION |
| 12 | EXAMINATION |
Third Term SS2 Agric Science Scheme of Work NAPPS
| 005 | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE |
| 1. | WEEK 1 & 2, COMMON WEED FOUND IN FARMS Meaning, types of weed, economic importance of weeds. Note. Discussion should be confined to characteristic features which aid their dispersal, growth habit and their control method |
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| 3. | WEEK 3 & 4, CROP IMPROVEMENT: (a) Meaning and aims (b) Method/processes of crop improvement, their advantages and disadvantages. Note A brief mentioning of some genetic terms is required |
| 4& 5. | Continuation of week 3 |
| 5. | WEEK 5 & 6, BASIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE (a) Principle of demand and supply. Note Example of how they affect agricultural production should be emphasized. (b) Effect of demand and supply and agricultural returns (c) law of diminishing returns |
| 6 – 7. | FARM RECORDS (a) meaning and importance of farm records (b) types of farm records e.g farm diary, cash book. (c) receipt and payments, farm inventory etc. |
| 7 | WEEK 7 & 8, FARM ACCOUNT (a) Meaning and importance of farm account. (b) Types of farm account (i) Expenditure account (purchase account) (ii) Income/sales account (iv) Balance sheet Note. Discussion should include terms such as appreciation farms machinery and tools in the farm. |
| 8. | Continuation of week 7 |
| 9& 10 | WEEK 9 & 10, ANIMAL NUTRITION (a) Meaning/definition of animal nutrition (b) identification of feeding stuffs and feeding equipment for various farm animal. (c) source and functions of food nutrients carbohydrates, protein, fat minerals vitamins and water. (d) types of ration/diet and their uses component of a balanced diet, production and maintenance ration |
| 10. | Continuation of week 9 |
| 11. | REVISION |
| 12 | EXAMINATION |
