Factors of Production summary

Factors of Production

1. Land: refers to where productive activities such as growing of crops, rearing of animals and establishment of farmstead, e.t.c are carried out.
2. 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.
3. Capital: includes all man-made productive assets which are used in production.
4. 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

1. What is agriculture?
2. State five examples of monocots.
3. State five examples of dicots.
4. Mention ten classifications of crops based on their uses.
5. a. What is a weed? b. What is a pest?
6. Describe four methods of controlling weeds.
7. State two types of insect-pests with two examples of each.
8. 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

1. Dicotyledonous plants have ________a. four cotyledons b. three cotyledons c. two cotyledons d. one cotyledon
2. 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?
3. _________ 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
4. Examples of crops that store food in their roots are these except __________ a.Cassava b. potato c. Carrot d. sugarcane
5. 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

1. Classify crop according to: (a) economic uses (b) the life cycle (c) number of cotyledons.
2. Define the following terms annuals, biennials and perennials.
3. What is management?
4. Mention and briefly explain five major functions of a farm manager.