SS2 Agriculture Lessons Topics
FIRST TERM
- 1. Land ownership and tenure systems in Nigeria
- 2. Features of the Act
- 3. Making of Agricultural Policies
- 4. Drawing of Agricultural Programmes
- 5. Provision of Loans and Subsidies
- 6. Provision of Agricultural Education
- 7. Infrastructure Development
- 8. Market Access and Fair Trade
- 9. Environmental Conservation and Crisis Management
- 10. Forest Regulation
- 11. Selective Exploration
- 12. Deforestation
- 13. Regeneration
- 14. Afforestation
- 15. Taungya System
- 16. Diseases of major crops: Cereals
- 17. Diseases of major crops: Legume
- 18. Diseases of crops: Beverages
- 19. Diseases of crops: Tuber
- 20. Symptoms of crop diseases
- 21. Economic Importance of crop diseases
- 22. Cultural methods
- 23. Biological Methods
- 24. Chemical Methods
- 25. Important insect pests of major crops: Cereal
- 26. Important insect pests of major crops: legume
- 27. Important insect pests of major crops: Beverage
- 28. Other important pests
- 29. Economic importance of pests
- 30. Preventive and control measures
- 31. Side effects of the various preventive and control methods
- 32. Pasture and forage crops
- 33. Morphology of Common Grass and Legume Species in Nigerian Pastures
- 34. Types of Pastures
- 35. Factors Affecting Pastures
- 36. Management Practices
SECOND TERM
- 1. Definition of rangeland
- 2. Importance of Rangeland
- 3. Characteristics of Rangeland
- 4. Controlled stocking
- 5. Rotational Grazing
- 6. Use of Fertilizers
- 7. Reseeding
- 8. Definition of nutrition
- 9. Sources and functions of nutrients
- 10. Types of Rations
- 11. Malnutrition
- 12. Effects of Malnutrition
- 13. Climatic factors
- 14. Biotic factors
- 15. Edaphic Factors
- 16. Definition of micro and macro nutrients
- 17. Factors influencing availability of nutrients
- 18. Factors influencing availability of nutrients
- 19. Methods of replenishing plant nutrients
THIRD TERM
- 1. Definition of Farm machinery
- 2. Tractor
- 3. Bulldozer
- 4. Shellers
- 5. Dryers
- 6. Incubators:
- 7. Milling Machines
- 8. Tractor-coupled implements
- 9. Definition of surveying and planning
- 10. Importance of Farm Surveying and Planning
- 11. Ranging Pole
- 12. Measuring Tape
- 13. Pegs (Survey Stakes)
- 14. Hunter's Chain
- 15. Theodolite
- 16. Total Station
- 17. Definition of planning
- 18. Importance of Farmstead Planning
- 19. Principles of farmstead planning
- 20. Farm Accounts
- 21. Importance of Farm Accounts
- 22. Types of Farm Accounts
- 23. Entries of farm sales and purchases .
- 24. Profit and loss farm accounts