The processes of crop improvement include: Introduction. Selection. Breeding or Hybridization. a) Introduction: This involves the...
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Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was a monk in an Augustinian monastery in Brunn, Austria. He is often regarded...
In order to understand the Mendelian Laws and its usefulness in plant breeding, it is important to...
Animal improvement refers to the ways of developing and breeding only those animals that show the greatest...
Forest can be defined as a large area of land covered with trees and bushes, either growing...
MEANING OF FARM ACCOUNTS Farm accounts are statements of money paid out or received for goods and...
In a market, there are buyers and sellers. The buyers bring their money to the market to...
Supply may be defined as the quantity of goods which a producer is willing and ready to...
In order to know how a market economy works and how resources are allocated in an economic...
Goat is a hollow horned small ruminant also belonging to the family Bovidae of the genus Capra....
Cattle belongs to the group of animals known as Bovidae. They are ruminants, having hollow horns and...
Rearing Poultry: Rearing is the sum total of all the processes involved in bringing birds to maturity....
Incubation is the process of providing fertilised eggs with optimum conditions of temperature, relative humidity and ventilation...
MEANING OF LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT Livestock management is the rearing of animals and birds in a farm. Poultry...
Pigs are non-ruminant animals and they belong to the family called sudae. There are two main species...
Rabbits are monogastric or non-ruminant animals. They are medium-sized hopping mammals with long legs, long ears and...
The structure and functions of the skin, kidney and liver are discussed below in detail. Skin...
The nervous system includes all the organs and tissues which enable animals to respond to changes in...
Respiratory system includes all the organs and tissues associated with the exchange of gases between an animal...
Circulatory system involves all the organs and tissues which are concerned with the movement of materials from...
Anatomy refers to the form and structure of the body while physiology refers to the functions of...
The food given to farm animals is generally known as livestock feed or simply, feed. Farm animals...
Organic agriculture simply means the use of ruminants and decay of plants and animal by-products to improve...
Nutrient cycles refer to the circulation of certain nutrients like nitrogen, carbon and water in nature. ...
Different methods are used by farmers to maintain the fertility of the soil or replace lost nutrients....
The factors which influence the availability of nutrients in the soil include the following: a) Soil pH:...
Plants require nutrients or elements obtained from the soil for good growth and healthy development. These elements...
Wheat, the most important crop of the world, is harvested some where every month of the year....
A parasite is an organism living in or on another organism called the host. The host is...
MEANING OF HEALTH AND DISEASE Health is defined as a state of alertness, freedom from ill-health, accompanied...
Sorghum is the fifth most important world cereal following wheat, maize, rice and barley. Because of its...
Millet is a staple food of millions of people in Nigeria especially in the Sudan-sahelian region; It...
These are implements which are coupled or attached to a tractor in order to enable it to...
Farm machinery includes various types of machines and implements used in the farm. These include tractors, ploughs,...
