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Farm Surveying and Farmstead Planning
Examines the relevance of farm surveying, classifies common surveying equipment and their uses/care, differentiates between survey methods, and applies principles of farmstead planning.
Forms and Classification of Farm Animals
Classifies major farm animals in West Africa by species, breeds, distribution, and uses. Identifies external features of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, and poultry.
Rocks and Soil Formation
Identifies major rock types and their formation, factors affecting rock weathering and soil formation, and explores the physical (profile, components, texture, structure, water-holding capacity) and chemical (acidity, alkalinity, silicate) properties of soil.
General Agriculture
This section covers fundamental concepts in agriculture, including its definition, importance, ecological aspects, genetic principles, historical development, and the roles of government and NGOs.
Factors of Agricultural Production
Examines land (ownership types, uses, features), labor (types, sources), capital (sources, problems), and management, including the functions of a farm manager in agricultural enterprises.

Meaning and Scope of Agriculture

Explores the modern definition of agriculture, its various branches, and different types (subsistence and commercial), examining their advantages, disadvantages, and problems.

Basic Economic Principles

Relates demand and supply in agriculture, interprets their graphical representation, and covers production functions (input/output relationships, stages, diminishing returns, scale of preference, choice). Distinguishes characteristics of agricultural production like small holdings, biological limits, climate susceptibility, seasonality, and price elasticity.

Agronomy

This section focuses on soil science, plant forms and functions, crop cultivation practices, and pest and disease management in agronomy.

Importance of Agriculture

Examines agriculture's contributions, such as providing raw materials for agro-allied industries, creating employment, and fostering rural development, and its relation to West African economic development.

Soil Water and Conservation

Covers soil water importance, sources, movement, management, and conservation (capillary, gravitational, hygroscopic water, water-holding capacity, wilting points). Also addresses soil conservation techniques, causes/effects/control of erosion, leaching, continuous cropping, burning, and irrigation/drainage methods.

General Animal Production Terminologies

Distinguishes between common terms used in animal husbandry, such as calving, kidding, castrate, tupping, veal, and mutton.

Simple Farm Tools

Identifies, uses, and maintains simple farm tools, comparing their advantages and disadvantages.

Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals

Examines the functions of tissues and organs, compares different body systems (digestive, reproductive, respiratory, urinary, nervous), and determines the effects of environmental changes (climate, temperature, humidity, light) on physiological development.

Agricultural Ecology

Covers the features and agricultural products of West Africa's ecological zones, and the effects of environmental (abiotic and biotic) factors on crop and livestock production.

Soil Fertility

Examines macro and micronutrients and their roles in plant nutrition, including carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles. Explores soil flora and fauna, methods of maintaining fertility (cover crops, organic manures, fertilizers), and identifies nutrient deficiency symptoms (chlorosis, stunting, apical necrosis) and remedies.

Farm Machinery and Implements

Identifies and classifies common farm machinery (tractors, milking machines) and implements by their uses. Covers operation and appropriate maintenance routines.

Animal Production

This section covers the classification, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, health, and management of farm animals, including fisheries, wildlife, and apiculture.

Labour Management

Identifies ways to achieve labor efficiency, differentiates between types and sources of labor (e.g., permanent), and applies national labor laws and regulations in agriculture.

Agricultural Genetics

Applies Mendel's laws and concepts of cell division to agriculture. Explores genetic terminologies, crop improvement methods (introduction, selection, crossing, quarantine), and animal improvement methods (introduction, breeding, quarantine, selection, and systems like inbreeding, cross-breeding, artificial insemination).

Farm Management

Identifies the qualities, functions, and problems of a farm manager. Differentiates types and importance of farm records, including livestock and profit/loss accounts. Covers stock evaluation (gross/net profits, appreciation, depreciation, salvage value) and examines agricultural insurance (meaning, importance, types, and associated problems).

Reproduction in Farm Animals

Covers gametogenesis, oestrus cycle, signs of heat, gestation, parturition, and the role of hormones. Traces the development from fertilization to birth and care of young, including mammary glands and lactation, and the process of egg formation, incubation, and hatching in poultry.

Land Preparation and Soil Tillage

Compares different methods of land preparation and soil tillage, their advantages and disadvantages for various crops, and factors influencing the choice of tillage methods like zero or minimum tillage.

Mechanization and Farm Power Sources

Compares advantages and disadvantages of various farm power sources (animal, machines). Distinguishes between the advantages and disadvantages of agricultural mechanization and assesses its problems and prospects in West Africa.

Agricultural Economics and Extension

This section covers economic principles, labor and farm management, marketing of agricultural produce, and agricultural extension services.

Animal Nutrition

Identifies feed nutrients, their sources and functions. Covers feed formulation, common pasture/forage crops, hay/silage preparation, and different types of rations (maintenance, production). Explores causes, symptoms, and correction of nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition in farm animals.

Plant Forms and Functions

Identifies parts and functions of monocot and dicot crop plants and distinguishes between them. Covers the anatomy and morphology of storage organs in common crop plants.

Agricultural Technology

This section explores farm surveying, tools, machinery, mechanization, processing, storage, biotechnology, ICT applications, and agricultural research methods.

Marketing of Agricultural Produce

Evaluates the importance of agricultural marketing, classifies marketing agents and their functions, and determines the characteristics of agricultural products that affect their marketing.

Processing and Storage

Identifies the importance of agricultural processing and differentiates between traditional and modern methods (e.g., gari, rice, groundnut processing). Identifies and compares different storage methods, applying appropriate techniques to various crops.

Farm Inputs

Classifies different types of farm inputs, such as planting materials and agrochemicals, and their respective uses in agriculture.

Agricultural Extension

Identifies the importance of agricultural extension and analyzes the roles of ADPs, universities, research institutes, and farmer organizations (cooperatives). Differentiates between various extension methods (demonstration plots, visual aids, mass media) and examines problems/solutions for agricultural extension in West Africa.

History of Agricultural Development in West Africa

Traces the evolution of agricultural systems (shifting cultivation, bush fallowing), identifies development problems (land tenure, infrastructure, finance), and assesses the roles of national/international research institutes, ADPs (RTEP, FADAMA), and national programs (OFN, NAFPP, NALDA) in agricultural science application.

Livestock Management Systems

Applies different management practices including housing, feeding, sanitation, and veterinary care for ruminants, pigs, rabbits, and poultry under intensive, semi-intensive, and extensive systems, from birth to slaughter.

Introduction to Biotechnology

Uses basic terms in biotechnology such as tissue culture, anther culture, in vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering, and understands their importance and application.

Plant Growth, Development and Reproduction

Examines the processes of gamete formation, pollination, fertilization, and embryo development, leading to the formation of seeds and fruits.

Application of ICT in Agriculture

Identifies computer components and their uses in agriculture (disease/weather forecasting, ration formulation, databases, simulations). Utilizes communication gadgets (mobile phones, internet) to improve agricultural production.

Animal Health - Diseases and Parasites

Identifies animal diseases, causative agents, symptoms, transmission, effects, and appropriate preventive/curative measures against viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa. Classifies livestock parasites, determines their role in disease transmission, traces life cycles, and applies prevention/control methods (dipping, spraying, deworming, sanitation).

Roles of Government and NGOs in Agricultural Development

Examines the impact of government fiscal policies (import duties, bans), agricultural laws (Land Use Act), development programs (subsidies, credit), and infrastructural provisions (transport, communication). Also covers the contributions of NGOs to agricultural development.

Plant Propagation Methods

Covers sexual propagation (seeds, viability, rate, germination) and asexual methods (cutting, budding, grafting, layering). Includes nursery establishment, types, advantages, disadvantages, and transplanting techniques.

Fisheries and Wildlife Management

Identifies common fish types and differentiates fish culture systems (extensive, semi-intensive, intensive), including pond establishment and management. Assesses harvesting (drag nets, hook and line) and processing methods (curing, sun-drying, smoking), and covers fishery regulations. Also explores wildlife management, habitat conservation, and regulations in West Africa.

Cropping Systems, Planting Patterns and Plant Densities

Identifies and compares cropping systems (monocropping, mixed, inter, rotational), planting patterns (broadcasting, row spacing, drilling), and plant densities (single, double, multiple stands), examining their effects on crop yield.

Agricultural Research and Statistics

Uses basic concepts in planning agricultural experiments (hypothesis, treatment, control) and interprets results, including measures of central tendency and experimental errors.

Crop Husbandry for Key Crop Groups

Applies methods of propagation, husbandry, harvesting, processing, and storage for major crop groups: Cereals, Legumes, Tubers, Vegetables/Spices, Fruits, Beverages, Oils, Latex, Fibres, and Sugars. Includes identification of common diseases/pests and economic importance.

Bee-keeping (Apiculture)

Relates apiculture to economic development, differentiates between exotic and indigenous bee types, classifies traditional and modern bee-keeping methods, and identifies equipment and necessary safety measures.

Pasture and Forage Crops

Studies the morphology, propagation, husbandry, establishment, maintenance, conservation, and uses of pasture grasses and legumes. Covers natural grasslands in West Africa, distribution, and range management techniques.

Floriculture

Focuses on the identification, establishment, maintenance, and uses of common ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowers.

Weeds and Weed Control

Identifies weeds by common and scientific names, their morphology, reproduction, dispersal, and effects. Explores various weed control methods, including weeding, mulching, cover cropping, tillage, herbicides, and trap cropping.

Crop Diseases

Identifies store and field disease-causing organisms (fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses), their symptoms, damage, transmission, and control methods. Examines side effects of control methods, such as pollution and ecosystem disturbance.

Crop Pests and Control

Covers general pests of agricultural plants (field and store), their types, economic importance, and prevention/control methods. Includes life cycles of biting (grasshopper), boring (weevils), and sucking (aphids) insects, and discusses common pesticides and their side effects.

Forest Management (Silviculture)

Explores the importance of forests as sources of wood, pulp, and fiber. Covers conservation methods including regulation, exploitation, regeneration, afforestation, agro-forestry, and management systems like taungya, alley, and ley farming.