ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
Organic agriculture simply means the use of ruminants and decay of plants and animal by-products to improve agricultural production. In other words, it involves the use of remains of plants and animals to improve the production of crops for improve…
AGRO-ALLIED OR AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES
Agro-allied industries also called Agrobased industries are industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials in order to operate successfully. In other words, agro-based industries require the supply of agricultural raw materials in order to provide some finished products…
SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE Subsistence agriculture is defined as the type of agriculture which is concerned with the production of food by a farmer to feed himself and his family. In other words, subsistence agriculture is a system of farming whereby a…
MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE
The term, agriculture, is derived from two Latin words: “ager“, meaning field, and “cultura“, meaning cultivation. By this statement, agriculture means field cultivation. However, this is not a complete definition of agriculture since agriculture has to do also with animal…
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is an important sector of the Nigerian economy. In addition to providing Nigerians with much of their food, crops, livestock, and fisheries make significant contributions to the national economy and GDP. It remains the main source of livelihood for…
PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN WEST AND EAST AFRICA
Plantation agriculture is defined as the cultivation of certain crops on large area of land or plantation. CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTATION It involves the cultivation of only one type of crop on a piece of land (i.e. monoculture). It requires…
IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE BASIN AND THE NIGER BASIN
Irrigation agriculture is the type of agriculture which involves the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes. Irrigation is mainly practiced in areas where there is insufficient rainfall like in Egypt and Sudan (Nile Basin) which…
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