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Week: 4

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Term: 2nd Term

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods

Date:

Subject: Agriculture

Topic:-       Farming systems-Mixed cropping

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. State the meaning of mixed cropping
  2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of mixed cropping

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on shifting cultivation

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher explains the meaning of mixed cropping

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mixed cropping

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

MIXED CROPPING

This involves the planting of different types of crops on the same piece of land at the same time. For example on a piece of land where yams, cassava, fruited, pumpkin, black beans etc

Advantages of mixed cropping

  1. it helps to improve soil fertility
  2. an insurance against crop failure
  3. It ensures the farmer of a regular supply of food over the entire season
  4. One crop may act as a cover or nurse crop for another
  5. it helps to check the growth and spread of weeds

 

Disadvantages of mixed cropping

  1. difficult to give different crops different treatments
  2. not easy to mechanize
  3. young crops may be trampled during harvesting of another crop
  4. serious competition among certain crops struggling for water, sunlight and space

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define the term “Mixed cropping”

  1. Discuss the advantages of mixed cropping
  2. Discuss the disadvantages of mixed cropping

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively