Category: Agriculture Study Notes

THEME 01 : GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE SCIENCE     Definition of agriculture- Is the science and art of cultivating crops and raising livestock to produce food...

SOIL AND ITS AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION     PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL SOIL TEXTURE: This refers to the relative proportion of various soil separates in soils. SOIL SEPARATE:...

AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT     Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the...

SOIL AND ITS UTILIZATION IN AGRICULTURE     Soil fertility: is the capacity/ability of the soil to supply the plant nutrients required by the crop plants in...

THEME 1.0: CROP PRODUCTION Perennial field crop’s production Coffee production Scientific name: i. Coffee Arabica ii. Coffee Arabica Family name: Rubiaceae Origin: The plant originated from Ethiopia...

THEME 3.0 FARMING BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURE MARKETING A market is a place where buyer and sellers meet and exchange goods/ service.          Is a...

SOIL AND ITS UTILIZATION IN AGRICULTURE Soil fertility: is the capacity/ability of the soil to supply the plant nutrients required by the crop plants in available and...

THEME 3.0: CROP PRODUCTION Introduction to crops science and production There are many 350,000 known species of plants in the work but relatively few of these have...

FARMING BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURE MARKETING A market is a place where buyer and sellers meet and exchange goods/ service.          Is a place where...

SOILS ITS AGRICULTURE UTILIZATION     SOIL FORMATION This can be defined as the genesis or evolution of the soil from the parent rock material. o        The...