AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Reproduction is the ability in animal to give birth to young ones. The purpose of reproduction is to ensure continuity of life. The reproductive system includes all the organs and ...

Common weeds found on farms including their common names and botanical names are shown below: Guinea grass (Panicum maximum). Bahama grass (Cynodon dactylon). Carpet grass (Axonopus compressus). Sensitive plant (Mimosa ...

Weed is any plant that grows in a place where it is not expected to grow or a plant which grows out of place. Weed can also be defined as ...

An agricultural extension officer or worker is a person who is involved in the dissemination of new ideas and techniques from the research institutes to farmers. He acts as an ...

Agricultural extension programmes are the media or channels through which new ideas and techniques are disseminated to rural farmers. In other words, they are bodies or agencies which have extension ...

There are three main extension teaching methods. That is, methods used in disseminating new ideas and techniques to farmers are grouped into three classes: Individual method. Group method. Mass method ...

Agricultural extension can be defined in any of the following ways: It is a process whereby modern farming techniques and research findings are taken to the farmers through extension workers ...

Production refers to all economic activities which result in the creation of goods and services. In other words, production is the process of making or manufacturing goods as well as ...

A Rangeland is an extensive area of land which contains forage grasses and legumes and other herbage plants where animals like cattle, sheep and goat can graze. The forage plants ...

Farm mechanisation is the application of engineering principles and technology in agricultural production, storage and processing on the farm. Farm mechanisation is applicable to land preparation, planting, fertilizer application, weeding ...