Meaning of Stock and People Involved in Stock Exchange | Importance of Stock Exchange in Agriculture JSS 3 Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 3)

THEME – PRODUCE PACKAGING AND MARKETING 

TOPIC – AGRICULTURE IN STOCK EXCHANGE

LEARNING AREA 

• Meaning of Stock and People Involved in Stock Exchange

• Importance of Stock Exchange in Agriculture

• Lesson Evaluation

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Posters and charts of agricultural stock exchange offers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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

1. explain what stock exchange is.

2. list those involved in stock exchange.

3. state the importance of stock exchange to agriculture.

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – MEANING OF STOCK

Stock is the art of buying and selling of goods and services available now and in the future.

PEOPLE INVOLVED IN STOCK EXCHANGE

The people that involved in agricultural stock exchange are as follows – buyers, sellers, buyers and sellers, farmers agents and stock brokers.

1. BUYERS 

Buyers are the general public who are willing to buy securities.

 

2. SELLERS 

Sellers are the general public who are willing to sell their securities to interested and willing buyers.

 

3. BUYERS AND SELLERS 

Buyers and sellers buy securities through brokers and sell at higher prices.

4. FARMERS AGENT OR JOBBER 

Farmers agent buy securities when the price is low and resell at high price later in the future.

 

5. STOCK BROKERS 

Stock brokers are stock agents or representatives acting on behalf of general public who are interesting in buying or selling securities.

LESSON 2 – IMPORTANCE (BENEFITS) OF STOCK EXCHANGE IN AGRICULTURE

1. It encourages investment in agriculture.

2. It encourages contract farming.

3. It ensures wealth redistribution among farmers and interest investors.

4. It generates revenue for the government in form of tax.

5. It increases the quality of agricultural productivity.

6. It creates job opportunities for the brokers.

7. It encourages the use of modern agricultural equipment and implement.

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. guides classroom discussion on stock exchange in agriculture.

2. invites guest speaker from agricultural stock exchange.

3. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. participate actively in the class discussion on agriculture in stock exchange.

2. copy board summary.

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. explain stock exchange practice in agriculture.

2. mention people involved in stock exchange.

3. mention 2 benefits of stock exchange in agriculture.