Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term v4 - SHS 3
ECONOMIC PRODUCTION OF CROPS
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ECONOMIC PRODUCTION OF CROPS
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Subject: Agricultural Science
Class: SHS 3
Term: 1st Term
Week: 19
Grade code: 3.1.3.LI.2
Strand code: 2
Sub-strand code: 1
Content standard code: 3.1.3.CS.2
Indicator code: 3.1.3.LI.2
Theme: FARMING FOR JOBS AND INCOMES
Subtheme: ECONOMIC PRODUCTION OF CROPS
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For generations, farming in Ghana has been associated with intense physical labour—the "cutlass and hoe" method. This hard, repetitive, and often tiring work is known as drudgery. Drudgery not only makes farming unattractive to the youth but also limits the size of farms and overall productivity. In today's world, technology offers powerful solutions. This lesson explores how modern computing tools, from simple smartphone apps to advanced drones, can significantly reduce this hard labour, making farming smarter, more efficient, and more profitable.
A. What is Agricultural Drudgery?
Definition: Agricultural drudgery refers to the physical and mental hardship, tiredness, and monotony associated with farming tasks. It is the back-breaking, repetitive work that consumes a lot of time and energy but often yields low productivity.
Examples in the Ghanaian Context: Physical Drudgery: Walking long distances to fetch water for irrigation using buckets or watering cans. Manually weeding a 2-acre maize farm under the hot sun using a hoe. Carrying heavy loads of harvested yams or cassava from the farm to the house. Using a knapsack sprayer to apply pesticides or foliar fertilizer on a large vegetable farm. Mental Drudgery: Manually calculating farm expenses and revenues on pieces of paper, which can be easily lost or miscalculated. Trying to remember planting dates, fertilizer application schedules, and expected harvest times for different plots of land. Worrying about unpredictable rainfall patterns without access to reliable weather information. B. What are Computing Tools in Agriculture?
Definition: These are digital devices, software, and online platforms that process information and/or automate tasks to make farming easier, more precise, and more efficient. They range from simple tools on a smartphone to complex machinery.