Weed is any plant that grows in a place where it is not expected to grow or...
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An agricultural extension officer or worker is a person who is involved in the dissemination of new...
Agricultural extension programmes are the media or channels through which new ideas and techniques are disseminated to...
There are three main extension teaching methods. That is, methods used in disseminating new ideas and techniques...
Agricultural extension can be defined in any of the following ways: It is a process whereby modern...
Production refers to all economic activities which result in the creation of goods and services. In other...
A Rangeland is an extensive area of land which contains forage grasses and legumes and other herbage...
Farm mechanisation is the application of engineering principles and technology in agricultural production, storage and processing on...
Agricultural producers have series of risks affecting the income and welfare of their households. These are mainly...
Agricultural marketing are the activities involved in the flow of goods and services from the producers (farmers)...
Pasture is a piece of land on which forage crops or grasses or mixture of grasses and...
Rubber is the only popular latex crop which produces white sticky liquid used in plastic industries. It...
Groundnut is a dual-purpose crop. It can be cultivated as an oil crop as well as a...
The oil palm belongs to the plant family called palmea or palm family. On commercial basis, both...
Pepper is a spice crop which adds flavours to stew and soup. It can be used when...
Cocoa is a beverage crop used in the preparation of many food drinks like Ovaltine, Bournvita, Pronto,...
Land Preparation: Clearing of the land which is followed by stumping and making of ridges or heaps....
Orange is a fruit crop which belongs to the citrus family. The fruit of orange called berry...
Okra is also a vegetable crop commonly grown by local farmers in West Africa. The fruits called...
Tomato is a vegetable crop commonly grown by peasant farmers in West Africa. The fruit called berry...
Cotton is a fibre crop and belongs to the plant family called Malvaceae. It produces cotton lint,...
The cowpea is a member of the pulses or legumes. It belongs to the family called Leguminosae....
Cassava just like yam, is a root and tuber crop. It has underground roots which can be...
Yam belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a root and tuber crop popularly grown in West...
Rice is another popular cereal crop grown and consumed by nearly half of the world’s population. It...
1) Transplanting The transfer of seedlings from nursery beds to their permanent positions in the field. The...
Crops can be classified based on: Uses. Life Cycle. Morphology. CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS BASED ON THEIR...
DEFINITION OF POWER Power is defined as the rate of doing work or the rate of expenditure...
FARMING PRACTICES The following farming practices by farmers have various consequences or effects on the soil. a)...
In agriculture, the farm manager is usually regarded as the entrepreneur whose duties include the organisation, administration,...
Environmental physiology refers to the effects of the environment on the growth and performance of farm animals....
Farm animals refers to as a group of animals which are reared in the farm either for...
Bee keeping (or apiculture, from latin apis, bee) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in...
Agro-forestry is a collective name for land use system where woody perennial (trees, shrubs and palms) are...
Floriculture is simply defined as the production and management of ornamental plants such as trees, shrubs and...
Drainage is a process whereby excess water in the soil is removed artificially to promote good farming...
Irrigation is defined as the artificial or manmade application of water to soil or land for farming...
1) Soil pH It affects the growth of plants. It also affects the availability of soil nutrients...
There are inter-relationship among living things in a particular environment. These inter-relationship include the following: 1)...
MEANING AND ELEMENTS/FACTORS OF CLIMATE Climate is defined as the average weather condition of a place, measured...
Declension (otherwise known as the inflection of nouns and pronouns) is the change in form of nouns...
Agro-allied industries also called Agrobased industries are industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials in...
Adjectives are words that modify nouns or noun-equivalents and fellow adjectives. The italicised words below are some...
Agricultural ecology can simply be defined as the study of crop plants and farm animals in relation...
As a result of the problems and inadequacies of the land tenure system, the Federal Government of...
Voice refers to the form which a transitive verb assumes to show whether it acts or is...
PERSON Person is the form of the verb which designates the person speaking (i.e. first person; e.g....
The Future Perfect Tense Form This tense is formed with shall/will + perfect infinitive (without to): shall...
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense Form The present perfect continuous tense is formed by adding the present...
The Future Tense Form The future tense is formed with shall/will + the bare infinitive: shall +...
