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TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
SUB TOPIC:
Agricultural activities such as crop and livestock production are affected by several environmental factors.
These environmental factors determine and influence the distribution of crops and livestock as well as the performance and productivity of crops and livestock.
SUBTOPIC: CLIMATIC FACTORS
Climate can be defined as the average weather condition of a place measured over a long period of time (over 35yrs). Elements of climate include temperature, sunlight, wind, rainfall, relative humidity, pressure, radiant energy and cloud cover.
Sunlight:
Sunlight is equally essential for the performance and production of poultry. It affects evapo-transpiration. Absence of light lead to etiolation in which the plants leave becomes pale and the stem elongated.
SUB TOPIC 2: BIOTIC FACTORS
These are living organism that affects agricultural production. They include predators, parasite, soil organism (macro and micro-organisms) pest, disease pathogens and weeds.
Some of them cause
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