Meaning and Importance of Agriculture | Types of Agricultural Practices | Forms of Agricultural Activities JSS 1 Agriculture

 

AGRICULTURE

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 1)

THEME – CONCEPTS AND MEDIUM OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 

TOPIC – IMPORTANCE AND FORMS OF AGRICULTURE

LEARNING AREA 

  • Meaning and Importance of Agriculture
  • Types of Agricultural Practices
  • Forms of Agricultural Activities

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Posters showing the importance of agriculture.

2. Pamphlets, handbills and charts showing type of agriculture.

3. Charts and pictures of various forms of agricultural activities.

4. Specimen of farm produce e.g yam, orange, etc.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state the importance of agriculture.

2. explain the type of agriculture.

3. state forms of agricultural practices.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

Agriculture can be define as the growing of crops, rearing of animals, processing and selling of agricultural products for the benefit of man (for man’s use).

There are four components of agriculture as stated in its meaning.

Growing or planting of crop, for examples – planting of rice, bean, yam, cocoa, banana, etc. Rearing of animals, for examples – goat, sheep, horse, camel, etc. Processing of agricultural products. Selling of agricultural products.

 

 

LESSON 2 – IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SOCIETY 

Agriculture in Nigeria like the rest of the world serves as:

1. Provision of food

2. Provision of clothing

3. Provision of shelter

4. Employment or job opportunities

5. Source of income

6. Source of medical herbs

7. Foreign exchange Earning

8. Provision of raw materials for industries

9. Provision of market for industrial goods

 

PROVISION OF FOOD 

Agriculture is the main source of food for the world population.

 

PROVISION OF CLOTHING 

Both cotton and wool clothes are products of agriculture.

The cotton is one of the growing crops while the wool are gotten from the animals. Leather shoes, belts and bags are animal skins.

 

PROVISION OF SHELTER 

There are different types of houses. One of the types is wooden houses.

Most roofing part of many houses are made up wood. While are some houses are completely built with wood.

 

EMPLOYMENT OR JOB OPPORTUNITY 

Agriculture is one of the oldest and most important occupations of mankind.

The main occupation of the most Nigerian rural settlements is farming.

While in urban areas, they involved in buying agricultural products from the farmers and selling these products to people in the cities.

Quick evaluation – Asks the people to mention 3 people in agriculture. 

 

SOURCE OF INCOME 

Agriculture is the main source of income to all the people in agriculture.

 

SOURCE OF MEDICAL HERBS 

Agriculture provides food, fruit, vegetable, leave, seed, trunk, grass and root used as medical herbs.

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING 

This is exporting agricultural products such as cocoa, groundnut, etc. to other countries. Exportation generate more income for the farmers.

 

PROVISION OF RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIES 

Agriculture provides raw materials for all agro – industries. Lets the students state the raw materials for making – sardine, milo, peak milk, leather bags, clothes, etc. 

 

PROVISION OF MARKET FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS 

Some of the materials or tools used by farmers come from the industries. For examples – tractor, planter, harvester, fertilizer, different machines. All these are manufactured for agricultural use.

 

 

LESSON 3 – TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES IN THE LOCALITIES

1. Pastoral Farming

4. Arable Farming

3. Mixed Farming

5. Crop Rotation

6. Taungya Farming

7. Fish Farming

8. Livestock Farming

9. Shifting Cultivation

10. Land Rotation/Bush Fallowing

 

LESSON 4 – FORMS OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITIES

1. Growing Crops

2. Rearing of Livestock

3. Breeding Fish

4. Rearing of Fish (fishery)

5. Horticulture

6. Rearing of Snail/Heliculture

7. Apiculture/Bee Keeping

8. Salving of Farm Produce

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. guides class discussion on the importance of agriculture though agriculture.

2. guides class discussion on the type of agricultural practices.

3. guides class to discuss on forms of agricultural activities.

4. summarizes the lesson on the board.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. discuss the agricultural importance in their local communities.

2. discuss the forms of agriculture.

3. copy the board summary.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. explain five importance of agriculture.

2. identify and explain three different types of agricultural practices.

3. name three forms of agricultural activities in their locality.