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Lesson Note on Horticulture and crop Production for SS2
Are you interested in getting Lesson Note on Horticulture and crop Production for SS2 FIRST-THIRD TERM? Here is the most concise compilation available online.
The Lesson note covers all the topics in 1st-3rd term and it is based on the latest NERDC / UBE Curriculum and applies to all Nigerian schools.
TABLE OF CONTENT
FIRST TERM SS2
Table of Content
Week 1: Soil and crop production – meaning, importance
Week 2: Types of soils (sandy, clay, loamy, laterite) and their characteristics.
Week 3: Soil formation and soil profile
Week 4: Soil fertility and its maintenance (crop rotation, organic manure, fertilizers).
Week 5: Soil conservation practices (terracing, contour farming, mulching, cover cropping)
Week 6: Water management in crop production
Week 7: Practical: Soil analysis and testing
Week 8: Climate and crop distribution in Nigeria
Week 9: Cropping systems (monocropping, mixed cropping, intercropping, relay cropping, crop rotation).
Week 10: Practical: Establishment of crop plots under different cropping systems.
Week 11:Revision
Week 12: Examination
Second Term SS2
Table of Content
Week 1: Cereal crops (maize, rice, sorghum, millet, wheat): characteristics, cultivation, and uses.
Week 2: Legume crops (cowpea, groundnut, soybean, pigeon pea): characteristics, cultivation, and uses.
Week 3: Root and tuber crops (cassava, yam, potato, cocoyam): cultivation and uses.
Week 4: Fruit crops (mango, orange, banana, pineapple): propagation, cultivation, and uses.
Week 5: Vegetable crops (tomato, okra, spinach, pepper, onion): cultivation and uses.
Week 6: Plantation crops (cocoa, oil palm, rubber, cashew): cultivation and uses.
Week 7: Ornamental plants: importance and examples.
Week 8: Practical: Cultivation of a selected vegetable crops.
Week 9: Storage and preservation methods for selected crops.
Week 10: Marketing channels for cash and food crops.
Week 11: Revision
Week 12: Examination
Third Term SS2
Table Of Content
Week 1: Crop improvement – meaning, importance, and objectives.
Week 2: Methods of crop improvement (selection, hybridization, mutation, genetic engineering).
Week 3: Research institutes in crop improvement in Nigeria (IAR, CRIN, NCRI, NIHORT).
Week 4: Factors affecting crop improvement in Nigeria
Week 5: Practical: Demonstration of simple selection techniques in school farm
Week 6: Crop protection – meaning and importance.
Week 7: Methods of crop protection (cultural, mechanical, chemical, biological, legal)
Week 8: ntegrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
Week 9: merging issues in horticulture and crop production (climate change, GMOs).
Week 10: Project: Research and report on a modern technology used in crop production
Week 11: Revision
Week 12: Examination
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