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Term: 3rd Term
Week: 11
Class: Senior Secondary School 1
Age: 15 years
Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
Date:
Subject: Agriculture
Topic:- Husbandry of selected crops II
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1-2
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PRESENTATION |
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY |
STUDENT’S ACTIVITY |
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STEP 1 INTRODUCTION |
The teacher reviews the previous lesson on how to cultivate cereals and legumes |
Students pay attention |
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STEP 2 EXPLANATION |
She discusses how to cultivate yam
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Students pay attention and participates |
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STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION |
She discusses how to cultivate cassava |
Students pay attention and participate |
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STEP 4 NOTE TAKING |
The teacher writes a summarized note on the board |
The students copy the note in their books |
NOTE
CULTIVATION OF ROOTS AND TUBERS
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YAM (Dioscoreaspp) |
CASSAVA (Manihotspp) |
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Description |
Yam belongs to the family Dioscoreacea. It is a root and tuber crop grown in West Africa and it is rich in carbohydrates. |
Cassava is a root and tuber crop, rich in carbohydrate. It is easily cultivated and can grow in relatively poor soil. |
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Varieties / cultivar |
Water yam (Dioscoreaalata) Yellow yam (Dioscoreacayenesis) White yam (Dioscorearotundata) Bitter yam (Dioscoreadomentorum Aerial yam (Dioscoreabulbifera) |
Sweet cassava (Manihotutilissima) Bitter cassava (Manihotpalmata) |
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Land preparation |
Clearing the land and making ridges either manually or mechanically. |
Clearing the land and making ridges either manually or mechanically. |
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Climatic requirement |
Temperature of 25o – 30oC, Rainfall of 100cm – 180cm per annum. |
Temperature of 21o – 35oC, Rainfall of 150 – 200cm per annum. |
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Soil requirement |
A well-drained sandy-loamy soil, rich in humus. |
Dried loamy soil. It can also tolerate poor soil. |
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Method of propagation |
By yam seeds or yam sets. |
By stem cuttings (25 – 30cm long). |
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Planting date |
Early yam – November / December Late yam – March / April |
March to September depending on ecological zone. |
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Planting |
Open a hole on the ridge using a hoe and place one yam sett inside with the cut surface turned upward and slantly placed at an angle of 45o |
2/3 0f the stem cuttings are buried in slanting position or at an angle of 45o. |
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Seed rate |
3 – 5 tonnes per hectare |
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Spacing |
90cm x 100cm |
100cm x 100cm. |
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Cultural practices |
Mulching, weeding, application of fertilizers, staking, training of vine. |
Weeding and fertilizer application. |
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Maturity period |
8 – 12 months depending on variety. |
10 – 15 months depending on varieties. |
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Harvesting |
This is done by digging the soil gently with a cutlass to remove the tuber from the soil. |
This is done by digging the soil gently around the tubers and pulling the stem gently so that the tubers are pulled along or use cassava puller. |
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Processing |
It can be processed into yam flour. |
It can be processed into cassava flour, garri or foofoo. |
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Uses |
It is consumed by man and farm animals. |
It is consumed by man and farm animals. |
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Storage |
Yam tubers are store in barns. |
Cassava is stored in processed form in sacs. |
EVALUATION: 1. Outline how to cultivate some cereals
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively