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PRIMARY SIX AGRIC SCIENCE
SECOND TERM
Week 4: Distribution Of Crops
Date:
CLASS: Basic 6
SUBJECT: Agricultural Science
TOPIC: Distribution Of Crops
SUB-TOPIC:
PERIOD: 1
DURATION: 40 minutes
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The kind of crops and plants that can survive in an area depends on the climate. Here are the major climatic belts in Nigeria and the major crops:
Savannah and Semi-Arid
Examples of Crops – millet, cowpea, groundnut, cotton, rice, cactus, baobab, neem.
Common Areas – Sokoto, Kebbi, Kano, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna and Adamawa State.
Derived Savannah
Examples of Crops – guinea corn, maize, yam, soyabean.
Common Areas – Kwara, Oyo, Osun, Enugu and Anambra State.
Rainforest
Examples of Crops – cocoa, rubber, yam, timber, kolanut, fruit, palm oil, cassava and cocoyam.
Common Areas – All the southern states.
Swamp
Examples of Crops – coconut.
Common Areas – All states with many water.
Savannah
Examples of crops: millet, wheat and Neem.
Common Areas: Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno
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