Factors of Production
- Land: refers to where productive activities such as growing of crops, rearing of animals and establishment of farmstead, e.t.c are carried out.
- Labour: includes all forms of productive human efforts put into or utilized in production. It also refers to man’s mental and physical exertions generated in the process of production.
- Capital: includes all man-made productive assets which are used in production.
- Farm Management: refers to the person or group of persons who co-ordinate, organize and control the use of other factors of production to produce goods and services.
Functions of Farm Manager
The functions of a farm manager can be grouped into five major headings:
- Organization
- Administration
- Production
- Marketing
- Evaluation
GENERAL EVALUATION
- What is agriculture?
- State five examples of monocots.
- State five examples of dicots.
- Mention ten classifications of crops based on their uses.
- a. What is a weed? b. What is a pest?
- Describe four methods of controlling weeds.
- State two types of insect-pests with two examples of each.
- Mention five possible damage done by pest to crop.
READING ASSIGNMENT
Junior Secondary Agriculture for Nigerian Schools Bk 1 by A. Youdeowei, B.K .Kaigama, J.N. Ogbazi, S.O. Adesiyan. Chapter 3, Page 23, 14 pages 76-81
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
- Dicotyledonous plants have ________a. four cotyledons b. three cotyledons c. two cotyledons d. one cotyledon
- Which of these is very difficult to use if the number of pest is high a. chemical control b, physical control c. biological control d. cultural control?
- _________ involves the use of natural enemies of insect pests and weeds against them a. physical control b. chemical control c. cultural control d. biological control
- Examples of crops that store food in their roots are these except __________ a.Cassava b. potato c. Carrot d. sugarcane
- Procurement of loan or capital for farming activity is one of ________ functions of a farm manager A. administration B. production C. organisation D. marketing
THEORY
- Classify crop according to: (a) economic uses (b) the life cycle (c) number of cotyledons.
- Define the following terms annuals, biennials and perennials.
- What is management?
- Mention and briefly explain five major functions of a farm manager.
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