Lesson Note On The Forms of Agricultural Activities In The Communities

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Forms of agricultural activities in the communities;

• Growing crops
• Rearing livestock
• Salving of farm produce etc

Sub–Topic 1: Forms of agricultural activities in the communities

Agricultural activities is any activity directly related to the production or processing of crops or livestock.

The followings are forms of agricultural activities in the communities that different people are involved in:

1. Cultivation and growing of crops
2. Rearing of livestock
3. Rearing of fish (fishery)
4. Salving of farm produces
5. Horticulture
6. Rearing of snail/Heliculture
7. Apiculture/beekeeping

Crop farming

This involves the production of different kinds of crop plants useful to man and animals. Crop plants are either called food or arable crops and cash crops. Crops that are eaten by man either cooked or raw are referred to as food crops e . g cassava, yam, vegetable, potatoes, bean, cowpea, soya bean, maize, guinea corn etc. Crops cultivated with the aim of selling them either to our local industries or for export is called cash crops e.g cocoa, cotton, groundnut, oil palm, timber, coffee etc

Horticulture

This is the scientific study and practice of cultivating vegetables, fruits, and ornamental plants for profit and pleasure. A person who practices horticulture is referred to as a horticulturist.

This can be divided into three:

1. Pomology: This is the scientific study and practice of growing fruit crops e,g orange, mango, apple, cashew, etc
2. Olericulture: This deals with the growing of vegetables such as leafy vegetables .g lettuce, cabbage, fluted pumpkin (ugu); root vegetables e.g tomato, cucumber, garden egg etc.
3. Floriculture: This is the growing of flowers and other ornamental crops e.g hibiscus, rose flower, Queen of the night, pride of Barbados etc.

Ornamental plants are plants grown for the beautification of our environment.