WEEK 4-5

Subject: Agricultural Science

Term: 1st Term

Class: Primary 6�

TOPIC: IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE

BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: AT THE END OF THE LESSON, PUPILS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

1. List the areas of importance of agriculture to man.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: A chart showing the various tools for planting crops and rearing animals.

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of work

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9-Years Basic Education Curriculum

Online information

BUILDING BACKGROUND/CONNECTION TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:

Pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.

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CONTENT OF THE LESSON�

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is important to man in many ways. It provides man with food, shelter, clothing, money or income, employment or job, raw materials, medicine, foreign exchange and recreation. Agriculture ensures a constant food supply. �

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It therefore helps in the following ways:

1. Provision of food,
2. Provision of shelter,
3. Provision of income (money),
4. Provision of employment /job opportunities,
5. Provision of raw materials for industries,
6. Provision of clothing,
7. Provision of medical herbs,
8. Provision of foreign exchange,
9. Provision of transportation i.e. the use of horses, donkeys and camels.
10. Provision of recreational and sport i.e. the use of animals like rabbits, dogs, cock, etc.

Food

Agriculture provides food for people. Food can be obtained from crops and animals Food gives man the energy required to perform his daily activities. Examples of food materials from crops and their by-products are yam, rice and maize. Food materials from animals include meat, eggs and milk. Shelter Agriculture provides materials for building houses. Such materials include forest wood from timber, bamboo, thatch from grass and palm fronds, and leaves.�

Clothing

The material used for making the clothes we wear, i.e. cotton comes from plants. Hides and skins, which are used to make our shoes and bags, come from animals. Wool, also from animals, is used to make winter suits and wears. All these are products of agriculture.

Money

Sales of agricultural products are a source of money and income to farmers for meeting their daily needs and expenses.

Employment

Agriculture provides many people with work or employment through which they earn money for a living. Apart from the farmers, many people do works that have to do with agriculture. A good example is your agriculture teacher.

Raw materials

Agriculture provides agro-based industries with the raw materials that they process into goods for consumers, e.g. cocoa for the beverage industries.

Medicine

Many parts of plants, e.g. roots, leaves and barks are medicinal herbs which people use to treat many diseases, e.g. by boiling, crushing or rubbing them.

Materials from plants are also used to make modern drugs, e.g. tablets. Foreign exchange Agriculture is a source of foreign exchange through crops that are sold to other countries as exports, e.g. timber and cocoa.

Recreation

Agriculture is a source of amusement, pleasure and relaxation for people through game reserves; tourist centers botanical gardens, zoological gardens and horse racing. Huge revenues can also be generated from some of these centers, especially from foreigners who visit.

Assessment & Evaluation:

1. List the areas of importance of agriculture to man.

�(WRAP-UP CONCLUSION)

Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding ������� �