Importance of Agriculture As Source of Raw Materials For Industries Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 1 Week 4 Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES 

FIRST TERM 

WEEK 4

PRIMARY 4

THEME – AGRICULTURE 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – Agriculture as Source of Employment and Source of Income to Farmers Primary 4 (Basic 4) Term 1 Week 3 Agriculture

TOPIC – IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Agriculture as A Source of Raw Materials for the Industries

3. Revision and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. list industries and the raw materials used in agriculture.

2. state the industrial finished goods from from agriculture products.

3. give examples of some of the industries in your area.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can identify and state agricultural produces.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Pictorial display of people planting crop, rearing animals, processing agricultural products, selling agricultural products.

2. Simple chart or pictures showing the importance of Agriculture in Nigeria.

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Raw materials are materials used in the primary production or manufacturing of goods. Many industries depend mainly on agricultural materials for production of goods such as tin tomato, sardines, fruits juice, bread, etc.

Industries are factories where raw materials are process into finished or semi finished goods.

INDUSTRY THAT DEPEND ON AGRICULTURAL RAW MATERIALS IN NIGERIA 

The following are industries that depends on raw materials from agriculture are,

1. Dufil Prima Foods Ltd

Product – Indomie Instant noodles.

Raw Materials – The major raw materials for cassava-based noodles are cassava flour, wheat flour, salt, vegetable oil, and noodle improver.

2. Cadbury Nigeria Plc

Product – Bournvita

Raw Materials – Cocoa

3. Nestle Nigeria Plc

Product – Milo

Materials – Cocoa

4. FrieslandCampina Nigeria

Product – Peak Milk, Three crowns, Peak yogurt, Coast and Olympic

Raw Materials – Cow milk

5. Golden Penny Semovita

Product – Semovita

Raw Materials – Made from natural ingredients such as corn, wheat and cassava

6. Gino Tomato Paste

Product – Tomato paste

Raw Materials – Fresh tomatoes

7. Interflon Trading LLC

Product – Sardine

Raw Materials – Fresh fish and vegetables oil

8. UAC Food 

Product – Gala, Supreme Ice Cream, Coconut Chips and Groundnut Chips

Raw Materials – Gala is made from wheat or cassava, supreme ice cream is made from cow milk, coconut chip is made from coconut and groundnut chip is made from groundnut.

9. Zeenab Processing Ltd 

Product – Rice, Beans and vegetable oil

Raw Materials – Rice, Beans and vegetable oil

10. Afrilife Natural Diet Flour Ltd 

Product – Afrilife Natural Diet Flour

Raw Materials – Millet and unripe plantain

11. Dantata Foods Products 

Product – Peanut, kuli kuli and groundnut oil

Raw Materials – Peanut is made from wheat or cassava flour and groundnut, kuli kuli and groundnut oil are products made for groundnut.

12. Dangote Industries Limited

Product – Spaghetti and sugar

Raw Materials – Spaghetti is made from cassava flour, wheat flour, salt, vegetable oil while sugar is made from sugarcane.

13. Honeywell Flour Mills Limited

Product – Wheat meals cereals, noodles and pasta.

Raw Materials – Wheat and cassava flour

14. Kuki Tomatoes 

Product – Tomatoes

Raw Materials – Groundnut oil, fresh tomatoes and peppers

15. Michga Foods Nigeria LTD 

Product – Michga Flour

Raw Materials – Crops like yams, maize, cassava and rice are process into flour.

16. Wanyfoods Limited 

Product – Plantain flour, bean flour, whole wheat flour, chili pepper and others.

Raw Materials – Plantain, bean, whole wheat and chili peppers.

17. Navids Foods

Product – Bean flour, garri ijebu, plantain flour, suya spice, yam flour.

Raw Materials – Bean, cassava, plantain, cow meat and yam.

LESSON 2 – INDUSTRIAL FINISHED GOODS FROM AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS

A finished good are goods that are ready for immediate consumption or used. These good do not not need for further processing before use or consumption.

Examples of finished goods are as follows:

1. Bread

2. Sardines

3. Milo and bourvita

4. Milk

5. Gala

6. Suya spice

7. Yogurt

8. Plantain chips

9. Peanut

10. Garri ijebu

REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST) 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson based on what he/she taught or what the pupils have learned.

2. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class and available instructional materials.

3. Teacher displays chart showing different products made from agriculture for the pupils to identify and discuss the source of materials used in production.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils discuss identify some of the products and discuss basic raw materials.

4. Teacher uses the chart and the pupil’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on agriculture as source of raw materials for industries.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils pay attention to the introduction and participate actively in the class discussion, state and discuss employment opportunities in agriculture.

5. Teacher uses chart showing name of industries with their products to guides the pupils to identify and discuss some of the agricultural materials used in the production.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the class discussion to identify, name, products and agricultural used by some industries.

6. Teacher leads the pupils to identify some of the agricultural finished products in their community.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils state some of the agricultural finished products in their communities.

7. Teacher organizes a short play on how agricultural products are bought and sold at the market.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the short play by demonstrating how on agricultural products are bought and sold at the market.

8. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board using appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – The pupils participate actively in the summary by responding correctly to the questions and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks the pupils to –

1. explain the meaning of raw materials.

2. define an industry.

3. . list 5 industries and the raw materials used in agriculture.

4. state 5 industrial finished goods from from agriculture products.

5. give 3 examples of some of the industries in your area, if available.