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FORM 2 AGRICULTURE SCHEMES OF WORK TERM 1-3

SCHEME  OF  WORK             FORM  TWO  AGRICULTURE              TERM  ONE  YEAR  2021

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OBJECTIVES

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RESOURCES

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REMARKS
 1 1 INORGANIC FERTILIZERS

 

Macro-nutrients.

 

 

 

 

 

Nitrogen.

 

  

 

 

To identify plants macronutrients.

To classify macro-nutrients as fertilizers and liming elements.

 

 

To identify role of nitrogen in plants.

To state symptoms of nitrogen deficiency in plants

  

 

 

List down macro- elements.

Q/A: Definition of an ion; expose ionic form of elements.

 

Discuss, giving examples the role of nitrogen and the deficiency symptoms.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowish-green / brown leaves.

 KLB BK II

1-2

  
2 Phosphorus.

 

 

 

 

 

Potassium.

 To identify role of phosphorus in plants.

To state symptoms of phosphorus deficiency in plants.

 

To identify role of potassium in plants.

To state symptoms of potassium deficiency in plants.

 

 

 

 Discuss, giving examples the role of phosphorus and the deficiency symptoms of phosphorus.

 

 

Discuss, giving examples the role of potassium and the deficiency symptoms.

 Purple flowers.

 

 

 

 

Curled leaves,

Chlorotic leaves.

 KLB BK II

Pgs 2-3

  
3 Magnesium.

 

 

 

Calcium.

 To identify role of magnesium in plants.

To state symptoms of magnesium deficiency in plants.

To identify role of calcium in plants.

To state symptoms of calcium deficiency in plants.

 Discuss, giving examples the role of magnesium and the deficiency symptoms.

 

Discuss, giving examples the role of calcium and the deficiency symptoms.

 Thin stems with reduced nodulation.

 

Tomatoes with blossom end rot.

 Pgs 4-5  
2 1 Sulphur.

 

 

 

 

 

Carbon, Hydrogen & Oxygen.

 To identify role of sulphur in plants.

To state symptoms of sulphur deficiency in plants.

 

 

To explain the photosynthetic role of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

 Discuss, giving examples the role of sulphur and the deficiency symptoms.

 

 

 

Briefly highlight the role of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in photosynthesis.

 

 

   Pg 5  
  Micro-nutrients. To identify plants micronutrients and state their roles.

To identify deficiency symptoms of minor nutrients in plants.

 Q/A: Compare micronutrients with macronutrients hence define a micronutrient.

Exposition: Teacher gives examples of micronutrients and exposes their roles and deficiency symptoms.

 

  

 

Chart: Macronutrients,

micronutrients,

their ionic forms and deficiency symptoms.

 Pg 6  
2 Classification of Fertilizers.

 

Straight and compound fertilizers.

 To identify criteria used to classify inorganic fertilizers.

 

To distinguish between straight and compound fertilizers.

To give examples of:

– Straight fertilizers.

– Compound fertilizers.

 Teacher briefly exposes the classification criteria.

 

Detailed discussion.

Teacher presents the fertilizers and helps students to identify them.

  

 

CAN

ASN

SA

DAP, MAP, Urea.

 Pg 8  
    Nitrogenous fertilizers. To state characteristics of nitrogenous fertilizers. Group experiments- Dissolving nitrogenous fertilizers in water.

Discussion: Other characteristics of nitrogenous fertilizers.

Giving examples of nitrogenous fertilizers.

 

 (NH4)2 SO4

 

ASN

 Pg 9-10  
  3 Phosphatic fertilizers. To state characteristics of phosphatic fertilizers.

To give examples of phosphatic fertilizers.

 Group experiment: Dissolving SSP in water and carrying out litmus tests.

Discuss further properties of SSP, DSP, TSP.

 

 SSP

DSP

TSP

 Pg 1-12  
  Potassic fertilizers. To state characteristics of potassium fertilizers.

To give examples of potassium fertilizers.

 Group experiments: Solubility in water, litmus tests.

Discuss properties of KCl, K2SO4.

 KCl

K2SO4

 Pg 11-12  
3 1 Fertilizer Application. To describe methods of fertilizer application. Q/A: Teacher elicits responses on methods of fertilizer application.

Brief discussion of the methods highlighted.

Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of each method.

 

   Pg 12-13  
  Fertilizer Rates. To determine % of nutrient(s) of a fertilizer.

To calculate fertilizer ratio.

To find the amount of fertilizer required per unit area (hectare).

 

 Problem solving and explanations.

Worked examples.

Supervised practice.

   Pg 14-15  
  2

 

 

 Carbon cycle

and

Nitrogen cycle.

 To explain ways in which carbon / nitrogen is removed / returned to the atmosphere. Assignment method / Group discussion. Charts: Carbon cycle

Nitrogen cycle.

 Pg 16-20  
3 Soil Sampling. To define soil sampling.

To state methods of sampling soil.

To describe soil sampling procedures.

 

  

Expositions &

Detailed discussion.

 Charts: Transverse and ziz-zag soil sampling methods. Pg 20-22  
4 1,2 Soil Testing. To define soil testing.

To explain importance of soil testing.

To test soil pH.

To explain effect of soil pH on crops.

 Q/A: Definition and importance of soil testing.

Q/A: Definition of pH in terms of acidity / alkalinity.

Class standard experiments: Determining soil pH.

Discussion: Optimum pH range for crops.

 

 

 Litmus paper, indicators, pH colour chart. Pg 22-24  
3                                        CAT
5 MID TERM BREAK
6 1 CROP PRODUCTION

 

Seeds.

  

 

To state advantages and disadvantages of using seeds as planting materials.

 Teacher broadly classifies planting materials as either seeds or vegetative materials.

Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of using seeds compared to vegetative materials.

 

   Pg 27-28  
  Vegetative materials. To state advantages and disadvantages of using vegetative materials over seeds.

 

 

 

 Q/A: Advantages of vegetative materials over seeds.   Pg 28-34  
2 Vegetative planting materials. To identify plant parts used for vegetative propagation. Present various parts of vegetative planting materials i.e. bulbils of sisal/ splits of grass/ pyrethrum, banana/ sisal suckers, Irish potato tubers, potato vines, and sugarcane setts.

 

 Bulbils of sisal/ splits of grass/ pyrethrum, banana/ sisal suckers, Irish potato tubers, potato vines, and sugarcane setts.

 

 Pg 28-34  
    Selection of planting materials. To explain factors to consider when selecting planting materials. Detailed discussion with explanations of new concepts.   Pg 34  
3 Preparation of planting materials. To explain some methods used to prepare planting materials. Detailed discussion on breaking seed dormancy, chemical treatment, seed dressing and seed inoculation, chitting / sprouting.   Pg 35  
7 1 Time of planting. To explain factors to consider in timing planting.

To identify advantages of timely planting.

 Q/A and brief discussion.   Pg 38  
 

 

 

 

2

 Broadcasting method of planting.

 

Row planting.

 To identify advantages and disadvantages of broadcasting method.

 

To state advantages and disadvantages of row planting.

 Brief discussion.

Give examples of crops planted by broadcasting.

 

Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of row planting.

   Pg 39-40  
    Over-sowing and under-sowing. To distinguish over-sowing form under-sowing. Brief discussion.

Give examples of such crops.

   Pg 40  
3 Spacing of crops. To explain the importance of correct spacing of crops.

To explain factors that influence crop spacing.

 

 Q/A and discussion.

Importance and factors.

 Chart: Average inter-row and intrarow spacing of common crops. Pg 40-41  
  Plant population. To determine plant population in a given size of land. Q/A: Inter-conversion of metric units.

 

Worked examples.

 

   Pg 42-43  
8 1 Seed rate. To define optimal seed rate of a given crop.

To explain factors to consider in choosing seed rates.

 

 Explanations and detailed discussion.   Pg 43  
2,3 Depth of planting. To explain determinants of correct depth of planting.

 

 Q/A & Detailed discussion.

Field activity: planting crops to the correct spacing.

Supervised field activities.

 

   Pg 43-44  
9 1,2 CROP PRODUCTION III

(NURSERY PRACTICES)

 

Establishing a nursery.

  

To differentiate between a nursery and a seedbed.

 

To explain the importance of a nursery in crop propagation.

To enumerate factors considered when siting a nursery.

 

  

 

 

Q/A and explanations.

Activity- Establishing a (vegetative) nursery / tea sleeves / sugarcane setts.

  

 

 

 

School farm.

 Pg 46-48  
3 Nursery management practices. To identify important nursery management practices and state their significance. Q/A and explanations.

Expose new concepts e.g. hardening off.

 School farm. Pg 48-50  
10   END OF TERM ONE EXAMINATIONS      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERM TWO YEAR  2021

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1 1 CROP PRODUCTION III

(NURSERY PRACTICES)

 

Grafting.

  

 

 

 

To define grafting.

To describe methods of grafting.

 Teacher demonstration/ illustration of whip grafting, side grafting, bark grafting.

Out – door activity: Students practise grafting.

 

 Grafting tools. KLB BK II

Pg 53-55

  
  Budding. To define budding.

To describe methods of budding.

To explain importance of grafting and budding.

 

 Teacher demonstrations/ illustrations/ drawing diagrams.

Discussion: Types of budding.

   Pg 55-58  
  2 Layering. To define layering.

To identify appropriate crops for layering.

To describe methods / types of layering.

 

 Teacher demonstrations/ Illustrations/ Drawing diagrams.

Out-door activity: Carrying out layering.

   Pg 58-60  
  Tissue culture for crop propagation. To define tissue culture.

To describe the process of tissue culture.

To explain importance of tissue culture in crop propagation.

 

 Teacher exposes new concepts.

 

Brief discussion on tissue culture.

 Suitable crops. Pg 60-63  
2 1,2 Transplanting crop seedlings. To describe the process of transferring seedlings from the nursery to the field.

To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting crop seedlings.

 

 Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.

Activity: Transplanting crop seedlings.

 Suitable crops. Pg 61-62  
3 Transplanting tree seedlings. To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting tree seedlings.

 

 

 Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.

Activity: Transplanting tree seedlings.

 Suitable seedlings. Pg 63  
3 1 CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

 

Crop rotation.

  

 

To give the meaning of crop rotation.

To give examples of crop rotation cycles.

 

  

 

 

Q/A, brief illustrations of cycles of crop production.

  

 

 

 

Illustrative charts.

 Pg 67  
2,3 Importance of crop rotation. To explain the importance of crop rotation.

To give examples of rotational programmes.

 Brief discussion; with reference to rotational programmes.   Pg 68-70  
4 1 Mulching. To define mulching.

To state advantages and disadvantages of mulching.

 Q/A

Brief discussion.

   Pg 71-72  
2 Thinning, Gapping and Rouging. To explain importance of thinning, gapping and rouging. Brief discussion.   Pg 73  
  3 Pruning. To define pruning.

To give reasons for pruning.

To identify methods for pruning.

To identify tools used in pruning.

 

 Q/A

Detailed discussion.

Teacher demonstration: Correct and incorrect ways of pruning.

 Secateurs, twigs, pruning saw, shears, e.t.c. Pg 74-75  
5 1 Pruning tea. To describe methods of pruning tea. Teacher demonstration of formative pruning, pegging method, use of rings and pegs, use of fitos, tipping.

Probing questions and detailed discussion.

 

 Tea bushes, fitos, pegs. Pg 76-80  
  2,3 C.A.T        
6 1 Pruning coffee. To identify specific aims of pruning coffee.

To describe various methods of pruning coffee.

 Illustrative diagrams / Demonstrations on: single / multiple stem pruning, capping and de-suckering of coffee.

Probing questions and detailed discussion.

 

   Pg 80-84  
  Training. To define training as a field practice.

To explain ways of training crops.

 Expository approach: expose meaning of propping, trellising.

Q/A and discussion on importance of staking, earthing up.

 

   Pg 85-86  
  2 Weeds, crop pests and diseases. To define a weed, a pest, a disease, giving examples.

To identify causative agents of plant diseases.

To explain the importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

 

 Brief discussion.

 

Q/A and detailed discussion.

on importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

 

   Pg 87  
  3 Timing of harvesting. To explain the stage and timing of harvesting of a crop. Discussion on factors considered when timing harvesting.   Pg 88-89  
  Methods of harvesting. To briefly describe methods of harvesting of specific crops.

To enumerate precautions observed during harvesting.

 

 

 Give specific examples of methods and precautions observed.   Pg 89  
7 1,2

 

 

3

 Post-harvest practices.

 

Storage.

 To describe various post-harvest practices and their importance.

To give characteristics of a good grain store (traditional / modern).

 

 Probing questions and detailed discussion.

 

    Pg 90-94  
8 1 CROP PRODUCTION V

(VEGETABLES)

 

Tomatoes

Ecological requirement and varieties.

 

  

 

 

 

To describe ecological requirements and varieties of tomatoes.

To identify tomato varieties.

  

 

 

 

Brief discussion and exposition.

    

 

 

 

Pg 96-100

  
2 Nursery and field management. To describe nursery management practices for establishment of tomato seedlings.

To describe field management practices for tomatoes.

 Q/A and detailed discussion.   Pg 101-104  
3 Tomato pests and diseases. To identify tomato pests and diseases and methods of their control. Detailed discussion of tomato pests and their economic importance. Tomatoes attacked by various pests and diseases.

 

 Pg 104-106  
9 1

Cabbages

 

Ecology and varieties.

 To describe ecological requirements for cabbages.

To identify cabbage varieties.

 

 Brief discussion and questioning.

Exposition.

   1pg 107  
2 Cabbages

 

Establishment and management.

 To describe nursery management practices.

To describe field management practices for proper cabbage growth.

 Discuss importance of topdressing, weeding, controlling pests and diseases. Cabbages attacked by some pests and diseases. Pg 107-9  
3

Carrots

 

Ecology and varieties.

Establishment and management.

 To describe ecological requirements for carrots.

To describe nursery management practices.

To describe field management practices for proper carrots establishment..

 

 

 Brief discussion and questioning.

Exposition.

 

Discuss importance of topdressing, weeding, controlling pests and diseases.

  

 

 

Carrots attacked by some pests and diseases.

 Pg 110-111  
10 1

Onions

Ecology and varieties.

 

 To describe ecological requirements for onions.

 

 

 Brief discussion and questioning.

Exposition.

 

  

 

 

 

 Pg 111-3  
2,3

Establishment and management.

 To describe nursery management practices.

To describe field management practices for proper onions growth.

 

 Discuss important nursery and field practices.

 

 Onions attacked by some pests and diseases.    
11   END   OF   TERM   TWO  EXAMINATIONS  

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERM    THREE   YEAR    2021

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1 1 LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

 

Introduction.

  

 

 

To differentiate between health and disease.

To explain importance of keeping animals healthy.

 

  

 

 

Q/A: Health and disease; and their economic importance.

   KLB BK II Pg 115-6  
2,3 Signs of good health. To explain signs that help to identify a healthy animal. Discussion: Physical appearance, physiological body functions and morphological conditions of the animal body.

 

 

   Pg 116-8  
2 1

 

 

 

2

 Predisposing factors of animal diseases.

 

Causes of animal diseases.

 To identify and explain predisposing factors of animal diseases.

 

To describe causes of animal diseases.

 Q/A & Detailed discussion.

 

 

Detailed description of nutritional causes, physical causes and chemical causes.

 

 

   Pg 119-120  
3 Bacterial animal diseases. To identify bacterial diseases of livestock. Detailed discussion of bacterial diseases and their control. Chart: Bacterial diseases, causal organism and animals affected. Pg 122-124  
3 1 Viral animal diseases.

 

 

Protozoan diseases.

 To list down viral diseases of livestock.

 

 

To list down protozoan diseases of livestock.

 Detailed discussion of viral diseases and their control.

 

Detailed discussion of protozoan diseases and their control.

 Chart: Viral diseases, causal organism and animals affected.

 

 

Chart: protozoan diseases, causal organism and animals affected.

 

 Pg 125-6  
2,3 Management of diseases. To explain general methods of diseases control. Q/A: Control of nutritional diseases.

Discussion: Importance of proper housing, isolation / slaughtering of sick animals, imposition of quarantine, prophylaxis, vaccination, vector control, e.t.c.

 

   Pg 125-8  
4 CAT AND MIDTERM BREAK
5 1 Handling livestock. To describe appropriate methods of handling livestock. Q/A: Handling of animals during treatment, milking, inspecting, e.t.c.

Discussion: Other activities necessitating proper handling of animals, i.e. drenching, injecting, controlling mastitis, hand spraying.

Q/A: Sites that should be sprayed with acarides.

 

   Pg 129-131  
5 2 LIVESTOCK HEALTH (PARASITES)

 

Effects of parasites on animals.

  

 

 

 

To describe host-parasite relationship.

To identify effects of parasites on livestock.

 

  

 

 

 

Q/A: Definition of a host, parasite.

Brief discussion and give specific examples.

 

 

   Pg 133-4  
  Tse-tse fly. To describe parasitic effects of tse-tse fly.

To explain methods of control of tse-tse fly.

 Q/A: Disease transmitted by tse-tse fly; and methods of control of tse-tse fly.   Pg 134-5  
  Keds, fleas and lice. To describe harmful effects of keds, fleas and lice on livestock. Brief discussion.

Q/A: Methods of controlling ectoparasites.

   Pg 135-7  
  3 Ticks.

 

 

One-host tick.

 To list down effects of ticks on livestock.

 

To describe the life cycle of one-host tick.

 

 Q/A: Harmful effects of ticks.

 

 

Exposition

Explanations

 Chart-Life cycle od one-host tick. Pg 138-140  
  Two-host tick.

 

Three-host tick.

 

Tick control.

 To describe the life cycle of two-host tick.

 

To describe the life cycle of twice-host tick.

 

To explain measures of controlling ticks.

 Exposition and explanations.

Represent the life cycles diagrammatically.

 

 

Detailed discussion

Assignment.

 Chart-Life cycles of ticks. Pg 141-3  
6 1 The tapeworm (Taenia spp).

To describe characteristic features of tapeworm.

To identify symptoms of attack by tapeworm.

 

 Exposition: Labelling a tapeworm/ Observing a preserved specimen of a tapeworm. Preserved specimen of a tapeworm. Pg 144  
2 Lifecycle of a tapeworm. To describe the lifecycle of a tapeworm.

To state control measures of tapeworms in livestock.

 

 Exposition and explanations of the life cycle.

Q/A and brief discussion.

 Chart- Life cycle of a pork tapeworm. Pg 147-8  
3 Roundworms (Ascaris spp). To identify symptoms of attack by roundworms.

To describe the life cycle of a roundworm.

To explain measures of controlling roundworm.

 

 Q/A and brief discussion.

 

Detailed discussion of life cycle.

Q/A: Measures of control.

 Preserved specimen of a roundworm. Pg 148-151  
    Liver fluke. To identify symptoms of attack by liver fluke.

To describe the life cycle of a roundworm.

To explain measures of controlling liver fluke.

 

 Q/A and brief discussion.

 

Detailed discussion of life cycle.

Q/A: Measures of control.

 Chart-Life cycle of a liver fluke. Pg 151-3  
7 1 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (NUTRITION)

 

Food components.

 

 To identify the components of food in animal feeds.

 

To state functions of water in an animal.

To state functions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, oils, vitamins, in an animal body.

 Use a flow chart to show food components.

 

Q/A and brief discussion

 

 

Q/A and detailed discussion; sources, deficiency, symptoms

 Flow chart- Components of food.

 

 

 

Seed cakes, fish meal, bone meal,

Lucerne.

 Pg 158-64  
 

 

   Minerals. To identify important minerals for livestock. Discussion: Types of minerals, their sources and deficiency symptoms.   Pg 165-169  
2 Feeds and Feedstuffs. To differentiate between a feed and a feedstuff.

To describe the composition of dry and succulent roughages.

To state and explain the composition of energy concentrates and protein concentrates.

 

 

 Exposition, discussion and giving relevant examples. Examples of roughages and concentrates. Pg 169-171  
3 Feed additives. To define feed additives.

To give examples of feed additives.

 

 

 Giving examples of feed additives and description of their importance.   Pg 171  
8 1 To concept of rationing.

 

Maintenance ration

 

Production ration.

 To define food ration; balanced ration.

 

To define maintenance ration.

To state factors affecting maintenance ration.

To explain characteristics of a balanced ration.

 

 

 Detailed discussion.

 

&

 

Probing questions.

   Pg 172-3  
2 Feed digestibility

 

 

Feed nutritive values.

 To define feed digestibility.

To calculate % digestibility of a feed.

To explain factors affecting food digestibility.

To define terms used to express feed value.

 Exposition of new concepts.

Problem solving discussion. Exposition and discussion of other terms used to express feed value: calorific value, dry matter, starch equivalent, TDN, CP, DCP and CF.

 

 Chart- Nutritive values of some feeds. Pg 173-4  
3 Computation of animal feeds.

 

Trial and error method.

Pearson’s Square method.

 To state advantages and disadvantages of trial and error method of computing animal feeds.

To compute livestock rations using Pearson’s Square method.

 

 Q/A and brief discussion.

 

Exposition- Teacher explains the procedure of computing livestock ration using Pearson’s Square method.

Worked examples.

Supervised exercise.

 

 Calculators.. Pg 176-178  
9 1 General process of digestion.     To describe the general process of digestion. Detailed discuss                                                                 ion of digestion in the mouth, stomach, small intestines and colon.

 

 Chart-General digestive system. Pg 179-185  
2 Digestion in non-ruminants. To give examples of mono gastric animals.

To describe digestion in mono gastric animals.

 

 Detailed discussion of digestion in a pig and poultry. Charts- Specific digestive

systems.

 

 Pg 180-186  
3 Digestion in Ruminants. To identify the components of the stomach.

To state the functions of each compartment.

To state differences and similarities between digestive systems of ruminants and non-ruminants.

 

 Students observe the four compartments of a ruminant’s stomach.

Discussion: Structure and functions of each compartment.

Q/A: Students highlight differences and similarities between ruminants and non-ruminants.

 

 Chart- Digestive system of a cow,

Pieces of stomach compartments of a cow.

 

 Pg 187-8  
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END  OF  TERM  THREE EXAMINATIONS

 

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FORM 1 AGRICULTURE SCHEMES OF WORK TERM 1-3

SCHEME  OF  WORK   FORM  ONE  AGRICULTURE  TERM  ONE  2021-2026

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1

 INTAKE OF STUDENTS    

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1

 

 

 

 

 INTRODUCTION

          TO

AGRICULTURE

 

Introduction.

 

 

 

Branches of Agriculture.

 By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able:

 

To define Agriculture as an art and a science.

 

 

To describe the branches of Agriculture.

  

 

 

Brainstorming:

Teacher elicits the definition of Agriculture.

Discussion- Branches of Agriculture: crop farming, livestock farming, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Engineering, e.t.c.

 

  

 

 

Chart- Branches of Agriculture.

 

Livestock / Crop products.

  

 

 

   KLB

Pages 1-3

 

LONGHORN

Pages 1-2

 

CERT.AGRIC

Pages 1-3

 
Importance of Agriculture. To explain the importance of Agriculture. Brain storming, guided questions and detailed discussion. Livestock / Crop raw produce, industrial goods, flow charts.

 

 CERT.AGRIC

Pages 3-4.

 
2 Problems facing Agriculture. To state and explain problems facing Agriculture and suggest possible solutions. Brain storming, guided questions and detailed discussion. CERT.AGRIC

Page 4.

 
Farming Systems. To define a farming system.

To identify factors that affect choice of a farming system.

 Teacher exposes the meaning of a farming system.

Discussion on factors that affect choice of a farming system.

 

 KLB

Pages 5-6

LONGHORN

Pages 6-7

CERT.AGRIC

Page 5
3

 

 

1

 Farming systems in Kenya.

 

Intensive farming systems.

 To describe various farming systems practised intensively.

 

To state advantages and disadvantages of each type of intensive farming.

 Q/A & Discussion:

–        Arable farming.

–        Small-scale farming.

–        Subsistence farming

Q/A & Discussion:

-commercial farming.

-Intercropping.

 

  

LONGHORN

Pages 7-9

 

CERT.AGRIC

Page 6.
3
 

 

 

 

 

 Extensive farming systems.

 

 

Advantages and disadvantages of extensive farming system.

 

 To describe various farming systems practised extensively.

 

To state advantages and disadvantages of each type of extensive farming.

 Discussion:

–        Dairy farming

–        Large-scale farming

–        Ranching

–        Plantation farming.

 

Q/A and explanations.

 

 

 Relevant photographs: plantations, ranches, dairy farms. KLB

Pages 5-6.

 

LONGHORN

Page 7.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 2 Methods of farming.

 

Mixed farming.

 To define mixed farming.

 

To state advantages and disadvantages of mixed farming.

 Probing questions.

Discussion- factors favouring / militating against mixed farming.

 

 KLB

Pages 6,7,& 8

 

LONGHORN

Pages 9-13

 
Nomadic Pastoralism. To define nomadic pastoralism.

To state advantages and disadvantages of nomadic pastoralism.

 

 Probing questions.

Discussion- factors favouring / militating against pastoralism.

 CERT. AGRIC

Pages 7-9
3 Shifting cultivation. To define shifting cultivation.

To state advantages and disadvantages of shifting cultivation.

 

 Exposition;

Discussion.

 CERT. AGRIC

Pages 7-9
1 Organic farming.

 

 

 

 

Agroforestry.

 To define organic farming.

To state advantages and disadvantages of organic farming.

To define agroforestry.

 

 

 Probing questions.

Discussion: factors favoring / militating against organic farming / organic farming.

 

 

 Specimens of organic manures.

Specimens of agroforestry trees,

Charts & photographs.

  

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 8-9
2 FACTORS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURE

 

Human factors.

 To explain the human factors influencing Agriculture. Detailed discussion and probing questions on: Health (emphasis on HIV/AIDS), education level, communication, economic development, marketing, government policies, e.t.c.

 

  

 

 

 

 

Data on HIV/AIDS.

  

 

 

 

K.L.B.

Pgs 11- 15
3 CAT
5 MID TERM BREAK
6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1 Climatic factors.

 

– Rainfall.

 To discuss at length influence of rainfall on Agriculture.

To identify farming practices that:

–        Reduce effects of water shortage.

–        Overcome effects of excess water.

 

 Q/A and explanations about: rainfall i.e. lack of rainfall, excess rainfall, rainfall intensity, distribution and reliability.

Exposition and explanations.

 Weather station instruments:

rain gauge.

  

KLB

Page 18

CERT.AGRIC

Page13

LONGHORN

Pgs 24-32.
2 – Temperature. To define cardinal temperature range, maximum and minimum temperature, optimum temperature.

To identify factors that cause temperature variations.

To explain ways in which plants/ animals overcome extreme temperatures.

 

 Exposition and explanation.

Discussion and Q/A on; altitude, latitude, seasons, winds, clouds, slope, e.t.c.

Students highlight ways in which plants / animals overcome extreme temperatures, then the

teacher delves into the details.

 Thermometers. KLB

Page 19.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 16.

 

LONGHORN

Pages 24-32.
3 – Light. To state functions of light.

To describe characteristics of light.

 Q/A: Functions of light.

Exposition & Discussion: Light intensity, duration and wavelength.

 

 

 

 KLB

Page 21.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 18.

LONGHORN

Pgs 24-32.

 

 
7 1 – Wind and Relative Humidity. To identify effects of wind on agricultural production.

To explain relation between relative humidity and rate of evapotranspiration.

 Q/A: Uses and nuisances of wind.

Exposition: Meaning of relative humidity.

Discussion: Relative humidity v/s rate of evapotranspiration.

 

 KLB

Page20.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 20.
Biotic factors. To explain effects of biotic factors on Agriculture. Q/A and explanations on effects of: pests, diseases, pathogens, predators, pollinators, bacteria, e.t.c. on Agriculture.

 

 Wall charts / Sample pests and pollinators. KLB

Pages 16-17.

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 20-21.

LONGHORN

Pages 16-21.

 
2 Edaphic factors.

 

 To define soil.

To state uses of soil.

To identify forms of weathering.

 Q/A and explanation: definition of soil, its uses.

Exposition: Teacher exposes meaning of weathering and forms of weathering.

 

 Soil / rock samples. KLB

Page 22.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 21.

LONGHORN

Pages 33-60
Soil profile. To define soil profile.

To represent soil profile diagrammatically.

To explain effects of soil profile on crop production.

 Exposition – Definition.

Drawing and labelling soil horizons.

Explanation and questioning: soil horizons v/s crop production.

 

 Chart – Soil profile. KLB

Page30.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Pages  27-28.

 

LONGHORN

Pages 33-60.
3 Soil constituents & sedimentation. To identify constituents of soil. Group experiments-To show soil sedimentation.

 

(Left overnight).

 Measuring cylinder,

Water,

Sample of garden soil,

Sodium carbonate.

 

 KLB

Pages 32-34.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 30.

 

 
Soil constituents & sedimentation. To explain the importance of the soil constituents. Discussion: Constituents of soil and importance of each constituent. LONGHORN

Pages 33-60.

 

 

 

8 1,2 Soil texture. To define soil texture.

To identify textural classes of soil.

To identify types of soils.

 Group experiment- Mechanical analysis of soil.

Discuss the results.

Expose meaning of soil texture.

 Sieve meshes of different diameters,

Beakers,

Garden soil,

Weighing balance.

 

 

 KLB

Pages 46-49.

CERT.AGRIC

Page 38.

LONGHORN

Pages 33-60.
3 Water retention of soils. To describe an experiment to show:

–        Water retention of soils.

–        Capillary rates of different soils.

 Group experiments.

Discussion of observations.

 Sandy, Loam,

Clay soil

Cotton wool

Funnels

Stop watches

Rulers

Measuring cylinders.

 

 

 KLB

Pages 52-53.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 46.
9 1 Effect of soil water holding properties on crop production. To explain the effects of soil water holding properties on crop production. Q/A and explanation about soil aeration and drainage and their influences on growth of crops.

 

 KLB

Pages 52-53.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 46.
2,3 Soil structure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 To define soil structure.

To identify types of soil structure.

To identify mans influence on soil structure.

To explain effects of soil structure on crops.

 Detailed discussion.

Drawing of diagram- soil horizons.

Q/A: Man’s influence on soil structure.

Q/A: Soil structure v/s Crop production.

 

 

 Chart- soil structure forms. KLB

Page 41.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 40.

 

LONGHORN

Pages 33-60
10 END  OF  TERM  ONE ASSESSMENT TEST  

SCHEME  OF  WORK   FORM  ONE  AGRICULTURE  TERM  TWO  2021-2026

 WK

NO

L/

NO

TOPIC/

SUBTOPIC

 LESSON / SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES

 TEACHING / LEARNING

ACTIVITIES

 MATERIALS

/

RESOURCES

 REF.

REM.
1 1-2 Soil chemical properties. To describe chemical properties of soil.

To explain the influence of chemical properties of soils on crop production.

 Teacher exposes new concepts e.g. carbon acid in the soil.

Group experiments – Soil pH ranges.

Discuss the observations.

Explanations and questioning.

 

 

 Litmus papers,

Bromothymol blue,

Universal indicator, pH meters.

 

 KLB

Page 55.

 

LONGHORN

Pages 33-60.
 

 

 

3

 FARM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

 

Crop production tools.

 To distinguish farm tools from farm equipment.

To identify farm tools and equipment and state their uses.

 

 

 Drawing garden tools.

 

Identifying real tools, such as pruning fork, leveling boards, knap-sack sprayer, soil auger, e.t.c

 

 

 Chart – Tools that are not common.

 

 

.

 KLB

Pages  59-63.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 48-52

 

LONGHORN

Pages 62-63
4 Classification of farm tools and equipment.

 

Maintenance of farm tools and equipment

 To classify tools on basis of their uses.

 

To state practices of maintenance of the tools.

 

 Common farm tools, school farm KLB

Pages  59-63.

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 48-52

LONGHORN

Pages 62-63
5 Livestock production tools and equipments. To identify livestock production tools and equipment.

To state purposes of livestock production tools and equipment.

To label diagrams of important tools.

To state practices of maintenance of the tools.

 

 Drawing/ identifying the elastrator, hoof trimmer, strip cup, teeth clipper, drenching gun, chaff cutter, dehorning wire, bolus gun and others.

Discussion: Maintenance practices of identified parts of the tools.

 Chart-Uncommon tools: elastrator, hoof trimmer, strip cup, teeth clipper, drenching gun, chaff cutter, dehorning wire, bolus gun and others. KLB

Pages 63-75.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 54-59.

 

LONGHORN

Pgs 63-73.
2 1 Workshop tools and equipment. To identify common workshop tools and equipments.

To identify practices of maintaining the workshop.

To state general safety precautions to be observed in a work shop.

 Drawing / identifying

Common workshop tools/ masonry tools: saws, planes, hammers, pliers, spoke shave, files, rasps, G-clamp, tin snip, e.t.c

Q/A: Maintenance practices.

 

 Saws, planes, hammers, pliers, spoke shave, files, rasps, G-clamp, tin snip KLB

Pages 94-97.

 
2 Measuring tools. To identify common measurement tools and equipments.

To identify practices of maintaining the measuring tools.

 Drawing / identifying common measurement tools: tape measure, plumb bob, T-square, spirit level, marking gauge.

 

 Common measurement tools: tape measure, plumb bob, T-square, spirit level, marking gauge.

 

 KLB

Pages 82-85.
3 CROP PRODUCTION   1

Land Clearing.

 To explain importance of land clearing.

To identify tools for land clearing..

  

 

Brainstorming,

Q/A & Discussion.

  

 

Tools / photographs of tools used in land clearing.

 KLB

Page 109.

CERT.  AGRIC.

Page 81.

 
3 1 Land preparation.

 

 

 

 To explain importance of land preparation.

To identify methods of land preparation.

To identify tools for land preparation.

 

  

 

Brainstorming,

Q/A & Discussion.

  

 

Tools / photographs of tools used in land prep.

  
2,3 Primary cultivation.

 

– Hand cultivation.

 To state advantages and disadvantages of hand cultivation.

To relate hand cultivation to correct tools and equipment.

 Q/A: Advantages and disadvantages of the cultivation methods discussed.

 

Discussion: Choice of equipment for primary cultivation.

 

 Tools / photographs of tools used in hand cultivation. KLB

Page 106.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 77-78.

 

LONGHORN

Page 103.

 
4 1,2 Secondary cultivation. To state aims of secondary cultivation.

To state factors affecting number of secondary cultivation carried out.

To identify implements used during secondary cultivation.

 

 Q/A: Definition of secondary cultivation, factors affecting number of secondary cultivations, etc.

 

Discussion: Implements used during secondary cultivation.

 School farm,

 

Chart showing harrows.

 KLB

Page109-110.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 84-85.

LONGHORN

Page 110.

 
3 Minimum tillage. To define minimum tillage.

To give reasons for carrying out minimum tillage.

To state advantages and disadvantages of minimum tillage.

 

 Teacher exposes the meaning of minimum tillage.

 

Q/A and explanations: Advantages and disadvantages of minimum tillage.

 

 

 KLB

Page 112-113.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 85.

 

LONG HORN

Page103.
5 1,2 Tertiary operations. To identify tertiary operations carried out in the field.

To state importance of some tertiary operations.

To relate required soil tilth to the type of tertiary operations carried out.

 

 Discussion: Ridging, rolling and leveling and their importance. Chart / photographs showing ridgers, rollers, levelers. KLB

Pages 110-111.

 

LONG HORN

Page 86.

 
 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 WATER SUPPLY, IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

 

Uses of water in a farm.

 

  

 

 

 

To state uses of water in a farm.

 

  

 

 

 

Q/A and brief explanations.

Written assignment.

  

 

 

 

Photographs of dams, boreholes, springs and gutters.

  

 

 

KLB

Pages 117-120.

CERT. AGRIC.

Pages 89-92.

LONGHORN

Page 114.

 

 

 

 
6 1 Sources of water in a farm. To identify sources of water in a farm.

 

 

 Q/A and brief explanations.

Written assignment.

 otographs of dams, boreholes, springs and gutters. KLB

Pages 117-120.

CERT. AGRIC.

Pages 89-92.

LONGHORN

Page 114.

 
2 Water collection and piping, To describe water collection, and piping. Assignment method / group discussion. KLB

Pages 120-121.

CERT. AGRIC.

Page 94.

LONGHORN

Page 114.
3 Storage and treatment of water. To describe water storage and treatment.

 

 
7 1 Irrigation. To identify aims of irrigation.

To explain choice of irrigation equipment.

To state methods of irrigation.

 

 Brief discussion. KLB

Pages 129-134.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 101-104.

 

LONGHORN

Pages  114-124.
2,3 Methods of irrigation. To describe methods of irrigation.

To state advantages of overhead irrigation over surface irrigation.

To explain economic importance of irrigation.

 

 Probing questions and discussion. Illustrative charts- Methods of irrigation.  
8 1 Drainage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 To describe methods of water drainage.

 

 

 Probing questions and discussion. Illustrative charts- Methods of drainage. KLB

Page 136.

CERT. AGRIC

Pages 108-109.

LONGHORN

Page 133.
2,3 Water pollution. To identify agricultural practices that can lead to water pollution.

To identify practices that can reduce water pollution.

 

 Q/A: Identifying water pollutants and methods of pollution control. Samples of water pollutants & polluted water. KLB

Page 139.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 110.

 

LONGHORN

Page 137

 

 

 

 WK

NO

L/

NO

TOPIC/

SUBTOPIC

 LESSON / SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES

 TEACHING / LEARNING

ACTIVITIES

 MATERIALS

/

RESOURCES

 REF.

REM.
9 1,2 SOIL FERTILITY

 

Characteristics of a fertile soil.

 To identify characteristics of a fertile soil.

To describe ways in which soil fertility is lost.

To state ways of improving soil fertility.

 

 Q/A and explanations.

Brief discussion.

 Samples of fertile soil, eroded soil, KLB

Page 142.

 

CERT.AGRIC

Page112.

LONGHORN

Page 140.
3 Organic manures. To identify role of organic manure in crop production.

To state types of organic manures.

 

 Q/A and explanations.

 

 

 KLB

Pages146-147.

 

LONGHORN

Pgs 143-145.
10 & 11 END TERM 2 EXAMS
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEME  OF  WORK   FORM  ONE  AGRICULTURE  TERM  THREE  2021-2026

 WK

NO

L/

NO

TOPIC/

SUBTOPIC

 LESSON / SPECIFIC

OBJECTIVES

 TEACHING / LEARNING

ACTIVITIES

 MATERIALS

/

RESOURCES

 REF.

REM.
1 1,2 Methods of making organic manure. To describe methods of making organic manure. Discussion: Compost manure, green manure, FYM.

Procedure of making manure.

 Compost manure, green manure, FYM. KLB

Pages 149-150.

CERT.AGRIC

Page 114-116.

LONGHORN

Pages 146-148.
3 Quality of FYM. To state factors influencing quality of FYM. Detailed discussion.

Q/A: Proper storage of FYM.

 

 FYM. KLB

Page 149.

CERT.AGRIC

Page116.
2 1 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION I

Importance of livestock.

 

Livestock types and breeds.

 

  

 

 

To state the importance of livestock.

To define the terms livestock breed and livestock type.

 

  

 

 

Q/A

Exposition:  Definition of livestock breeds and types.

  

 

 

Livestock products and by-products.

 KLB

Page 155.

 

CERT.AGRIC

Page 118.

 

LONGHORN

Page 152.
2 Dairy cattle. To identify key parts of a cow.

To identify characteristics of dairy cattle.

To describe various breeds of dairy cattle.

 

 Drawing and labeling a cow.

 

Q/A: Characteristics of dairy cattle.

 

 Chart- key parts of a cow. KLB

Page 159

 

CERT.AGRIC

Page120.
3,

 

 

 

1

 Breeds of dairy cattle. To describe common breeds of dairy cattle. Brief discussion: characteristics, origin of – Jersey, Guernsey, Friesian, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, e.t.c.

 

 Wall chart: breeds of dairy cows. KLB

Pages 159-162.

CERT.AGRIC

Pages 120-122.

LONGHORN

Pages152.
3
2 Beef cattle. To identify major parts of a beef animal.

To identify general characteristics of beef cattle.

 

 Drawing and labeling a beef cow. Charts- a beef animal.

 

 KLB

Pages 162-163.

 

CERT.AGRIC

Pages123-127.
3,

 

 

 

1

 Breeds of beef cattle. To describe various breeds of beef cattle Brief discussion: Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, Charolais, and Galloway. Wall chart-Beef cattle KLB

Pages 163-164.

CERT.AGRIC

Pages 123-127.
4
2 Dual-purpose cattle. To identify dual-purpose cattle breeds (both exotic and indigenous).

To state characteristics of dual-purpose cattle breeds.

 

 Discuss characteristics of Sahiwal, Red Poll and Zebu (East African Zebu). Photographs of dual-purpose cattle breeds. KLB

Pages164-165.

CERT.AGRIC

Pages

127-128.
MIDTERM BREAK
 

 

 

 

1

 Sheep.

 

Breeds of wool sheep.

 To name the key parts of a sheep.

To name breeds of wool sheep.

To state characteristics of each bread of wool sheep.

 

  

 

Identifying and stating characteristics of Merino sheep, Rambouillet, Suffolk.

 Chart- key parts of a sheep.

 

Wall chart- Breeds of wool sheep.

 

 KLB

Page 174

CERT.AGRIC

Page 129-133.

LONGHORN

Page164.
5
2 Mutton sheep breeds. To name breeds of mutton sheep.

To state characteristics of each bread of mutton sheep.

 

 Identifying and stating characteristics of the Dorper, Black head Persian sheep, Masai sheep, Somali sheep. Wall chart- Breeds of mutton sheep.

 

 

 

 KLB

Pages 176-177.

CERT.AGRIC

Page 132.
3 Dual-purpose sheep. To name breeds of dual-purpose sheep.

To state characteristics of each bread of dual-purpose sheep.

 

 Assignment method: Stating characteristics of Romney Marsh, Corriedale, and Hampshire Down. Wall chart: dual-purpose sheep breeds. KLB

Page 178.

 

CERT.AGRIC

Pages133-134

 
6 1 Breeds of meat goats. To name and state characteristics of breeds of meat goats.

 

 Highlight the characteristics of: Galla goat, Boar goat.  
2 Breeds of milk goats.

 

 

 To name and state characteristics of breeds of milk goats.

To state characteristics of Angora goat.

 Highlight the characteristics of: Toggenburg goat, Saanen, Jamnapuri goat, e.t.c.

Highlight the characteristics of Angora goat.

 

 Wall chart- milk and meat goats. KLB

Page 180.

CERT.AGRIC

Pages 135-137.

LONGHORN

Page 169.
3 Pig breeds. To name key parts of a pig.

To identify breeds of pigs and their characteristics.

 Highlight briefly the characteristics of Large White, Ladrace, Hampshire and others.

 

 

 Chart- Key parts of a pig

Wall chart- Major pig breeds.

 

 

 KLB

Pages 166-171.

CERT. AGRIC

Pages

139-140.

LONGHORN

Page 174.
Breeds of rabbits. To name key parts of a rabbit.

To identify breeds of rabbits and their characteristics.

 Briefly discuss the typical conformation and characteristics of New Zealand White, the California White, the Chinchilla and Earlops.

 

 Chart- Key parts of a rabbit

Wall chart- Rabbit breeds.

 

 KLB

Pages 184-185.

CERT. AGRIC.

Pages 141-143.

LONGHORN

Page 183.

  
 

 

 

1

 Chicken breeds. To name key parts of a chicken.

To list characteristics of pure breeds of chicken

 

 Drawing and labelling.

Assignment method:

Leghorn, Rhode Island Red, Australop, Light Sussex, Plymouth Rock, e.t.c.

 

 Chart – Key parts of a chicken. KLB

Pages 172-174.

CERT. AGRIC.

Pages 143-146.

 

LONGHORN

Page 178.
7
2 Chicken hybrids. To state advantages of hybrids over pure breeds.

 

 Q/A & brief discussion.  
3 Camel breeds. To identify the two major camel breeds. Exposition;

Discussion;

Excursion.

 

 Photographs of camel breeds. KLB

Pages 185-186.

CERT. AGRIC.

Pages 185-186.

LONGHORN

Page 182.

 
8 1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 1

 

Introduction.

  

To define the terms Economics and Agricultural Economics.

 Probing questions and discussion. KLB

Page 189.

 

CERT. AGRIC

Page 149.

 

LONGHORN

Page 190.
Basic economic principles. To explain basic concepts of economics. Discussion at length on the following: scarcity and choice, opportunity cost, preference and choice.

 

 KLB

Pages 189-190.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 150.

LONGHORN

Page 190.
2 Importance of Farm records. To describe the importance of keeping accurate up-to-date farm records.

 

 Q/A and explanation of importance of farm records. Specimen farm records. KLB

Pages 190-191.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 150.

LONGHORN

Pages 192-194.
Types of farm records.

Inventory and financial records.

 To describe inventory records and financial records. Probing questions and discussion. Samples of records / charts. KLB

Page 192.

CERT. AGRIC

Page 152.

LONGHORN

Page 160.
3 Labour records and production records. To describe labour records and production records, and their components. Probing questions and discussion. Labour records and production records. KLB

Page 198, &192.

CERT.AGRIC.

Page 152.

LONGHORN

Page 160.

 
Livestock Production Records.

 

Breeding records.

  

To identify components of animal breeding records.

  

Q/A: Components of breeding records.

Group work:

– Components of breeding records of a cow in tabular form.

-Components of breeding records of a sow.

 

  

 

 

Livestock breeding records.

  

 

KLB

Page 194.

CERT.AGRIC

Page 154.

LONGHORN

Page 200.

 
9 Feeding records.

 

Health records.

 To explain importance of feeding records.

To represent feeding details in tabular form.

To identify details of animal health records.

 

 Probing questions and discussion. Chart – Sample of animal health record. KLB

Page 196-197.

 

CERT. AGRIC.

Page 158-159.

 
2,3 Livestock production records. To state importance of keeping accurate livestock production records.

To identify necessary details of livestock production records.

 

 Discussion: Milk production record/ egg production record.

 

Practical activity- Design milk production / egg production records.

 

 

 

 Livestock production records. KLB

Page 192.

CERT. AGRIC.

Page 152.

LONGHORN

Page 160.
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1

 1

POULTRY PRODUCTION

Composition of an egg.

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

Identify parts of an egg.

Describe the parts of an egg.

 Drawing and labeling an egg.

Breaking an egg to examine its internal structure.

 Eggs,

 

Chart – parts of an egg.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 1-2

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 1-2

  

Incubation of  eggs.

 Define the term incubation of eggs.

State characteristics of eggs for incubation.

 Q/A and discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 3-4

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 2

  

Egg candling.

 Describe candling of eggs. Practical activity. Observing internal structure of an egg.

Make deductions from the observations.

 

 Cardboard boxes,

Torch, eggs.

 

 KLB BK IV

Pg 4

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 3

  

2

Natural incubation.

 

 

 State merits & demerits of natural incubation.

Identify management practices of an incubator.

 

 Q/A & discussion.

Exposition, discussion & oral questions.

 Nesting box. KLB BK IV

Pg 5-6

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 3-4

  

Artificial incubation.

Outline conditions necessary for artificial incubation.

 

     KLB BK IV

Pg 7-8

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 5-6

  

3

 Management of an incubator.

 

Merits & demerits of artificial incubation.

 

 Highlight management practices of an incubator.

 

State merits & demerits of artificial incubation.

 

 

 Brain storming;

Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 8-9

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 5-6

  

Artificial brooding.

 Identify requirements for an artificial brooder. Exposition;

Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 10-11

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 8-9

  

4

Brooder & brooder management.

 Outline management practices of a brooder. Exposition;

Explanations;

 

 Artificial brooder. KLB BK IV

Pg 11-13

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 8-9

  

2

1

Rearing of growers, layers and broilers.

 Discuss rearing of growers, layers and broilers. Exposition;

Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 14

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 12-13

  

Chicken rearing systems.

 

  -Free range rearing

   system.

 State factors considered when choosing a rearing system.

Identify requirements for free-range system.

State merits & demerits of free rage system.

 

 Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 15-17

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 13-15

  

2

– Fold system.

 Describe fold system.

State merits & demerits of fold systems.

 Q/A & discussion. Chicken folds. KLB BK IV

Pg 17-18

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 15-16

  

– Deep liter system.

 Describe the requirements for deep liter system of rearing chicks.

State merits & demerits of deep liter systems.

 

 Q/A & brief discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 18-20

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 16-18

  

3

– Battery cage system.

 Describe the requirements for battery cage system of rearing chicks.

 

 Q/A & discussion. Battery cages. KLB BK IV

Pg 20-21

  

Factors affecting egg production.

Vices.

 Identify causes of vices such as egg eating and cannibalism and measures taken for the vices. Discussion: causes and control of vices.   KLB BK IV

Pg 23-24

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 20-21

  

4

Stress.

 State causes of stress in birds.

Outline stress management practices.

 

 Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 22-23

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 20-21

  

Culling birds.

 Define the term culling.

Give reasons for culling of birds.

 Brain storming;

Observing characteristics of a good / bad layer.

Discussion.

 

   Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 20-21

  

3

1

Marketing eggs and chicken meat.

 State factors considered in sorting and grading eggs for fresh markets.

Outline methods of killing a bird.

Describe dressing of a bird’s carcass.

 Teacher’s demonstrations &  discussion.

 

Topic review questions.

 

   KLB BK IV

Pg 24-27

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 22-23

  

2

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (CATTLE)

 

Raising of the young stock.

  

 

 

Explain the importance of feeding calves on colostrum.

Prepare artificial colostrum.

 

  

 

 

Q/A: qualities of colostrum.

Teacher’s demonstration: colostrum preparation.

  

 

 

Artificial colostrums.

  

 

 

KLB BK IV

Pg 28-29

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 25-26

  

Methods of calf rearing.

 State merits & demerits of natural and artificial methods of calf rearing. Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 29-30

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 26-29

  

Weaning of calves.

 Describe early & late weaning of calves. Q/A, exposition & discussion. Chart –

weaning guide.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 30-32

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 29-30

  

3

Rearing replacement stock.

 Describe routine management practices for rearing replacement stock.

Give reasons for carrying out varying routine practices.

 Q/A: review common management routine practices.

 

Discussion & Q/A. parasite control, castration, disease control, identification, dehorning.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 32-3

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 30

  

TEST        

4

Calf housing.

 Identify types of calf pens.

Outline requirements for calf pens.

 Exposition of new concepts.

Q/A & explanations.

 

 Calf houses. KLB BK IV

Pg 33-34

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 31

  

Routine management practices in poultry.

 Analyze routine management practices in poultry. Q/A: review routine management practices in livestock.

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 34-36

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 31

  

4

1

MILK AND MILKING

Factors affecting milk composition.

  

Highlight factors affecting milk composition.

 Brain storming;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 36-38

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 32

  

2

Milk secretion and let-down.

 Describe the structure of the mammary gland.

Describe the flow of milk from the alveoli to the teat canal.

 

 Drawing  and labeling diagram of  the udder.

Exposition of new concepts.

 Chart-

Structure of the udder.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 38-40

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 33-34

  

3

Clean milk.

 State characteristics of clean milk.

Outline essentials of clean milk production.

 

 Oral questions & brief discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 40-42

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 34-35

  

4

Milking materials and equipment.

 List down necessary milking materials and equipment.

State the purpose of the milking materials and equipment.

 

 Brain storming;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

 Strip cup. KLB BK IV

Pg 42-44

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 35-37

  

5

 MID TERM BREAK

6

1

Milking procedure and technique.

 Carry out milking using the correct milking procedure and technique.

Outline rules observed when milking.

 

 

 

 Practical activity: milking by hand.

 

Probing questions on milking rules.

 

 Lactating cow, basic milking equipment. KLB BK IV

Pg 44-46

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 37

  

Dry cow therapy.

 

 

Milk products.

 

Marketing of milk and beef.

 Explain the concept of dry cow therapy.

 

Name various milk products.

Describe marketing of milk, beef & their by-products in Kenya.

 

 Explanations & brief discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 46-47

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 38-40

  

2

FARM POWER & MACHINERY.

 

Sources of power in the farm.

  

 

Describe various sources of power in the farm.

State merits & demerits of each source of power.

 

 

 

  

 

Q/A & discussion: animal power, wind power, waterpower, biogas, solar radiation, and fossil fuel.

    

 

 

KLB BK IV

Pg 50-56

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 42-53

  

The tractor:

 

Petrol & diesel engines.

 Identify major parts of the tractor petrol & diesel engines.

 

 Exposition of new concepts, drawing illustrative diagrams. Chart- petrol engine & diesel engine. KLB BK IV

Pg 57-58

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 53-54

  

3

 The four-stroke cycle engine. Describe the four strokes in an engine

State merits & demerits of the four-stroke cycle engine.

 

 Exposition of new concepts, drawing illustrative diagrams. Diagrams – The four-stroke cycle. KLB BK IV

Pg 58-61

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 54-55

  

The two- stroke cycle engine.

 

 

 

Structural and functional differences between petrol and diesel engines.

 Describe the two strokes in a cycle.

State merits & demerits of two-stroke cycle engine.

 

State structural and functional differences between petrol and diesel engines.

 

 Exposition of new concepts,

drawing; illustrative diagrams;

 

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 61-63

 

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 56-57

  

4

Petrol fuel system of a tractor.

 Describe the petrol fuel system of a tractor.

State maintenance practices of a petrol fuel system of a tractor.

 Block diagram: petrol engine fuel system.

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 63-64

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 60-61

  

Diesel fuel system of a tractor.

 Describe the diesel fuel system of a tractor.

State maintenance practices of a diesel fuel system of a tractor.

 Block diagram: petrol engine fuel system.

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 64-65

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 60-61

  

7

1

Electrical system of a tractor.

 Name the components in the electrical system of a tractor.

Highlight methods of maintaining a tractor battery.

 Refer to diagram for electrical system of a tractor;

Brief discussion.

 Chart – electrical system. KLB BK IV

Pg 65-67

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 61

  

2

Tractor ignition system.

 Name the components of tractor ignition system.

Correct some common faults of ignition system.

Discuss maintenance practices of the ignition system.

 

 Refer to a diagram for ignition system of a tractor;

Brief discussion.

 Chart – ignition system. KLB BK IV

Pg 67-69

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 62-63

  

3

Tractor cooling system.

 Briefly describe air-cooled and water-cooled systems.

Discuss proper maintenance of cooling system.

 

 Brief discussion. Chart- water cooling system. KLB BK IV

Pg 69-71

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 63-64

  

4

Lubrication system of an engine.

 Describe the lubrication system of an engine.

Outline importance of maintaining the lubrication system.

 Exposition;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 71-72

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 64-5

    

8

1

Power transmission system of an engine.

 Explain the function of power transmission system.

State the function of the clutch, gearbox and the differential.

 Teacher exposes the parts of power transmission system.

Refer to diagrams to identify parts of a power transmission system;

Brief discussion.

 

 Chart- power transmission

system.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 72-76

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 64-65

    

2

Tractor servicing.

 Describe tractor servicing and maintenance practices.

 

 Brief discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 776-77

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 65-6

    

3

Tractor drawn implements.

 Classify tractor drawn implements on basis of attachment to the tractor.

List down maintenance practices for a trailer.

 

 Teacher’s explanations.

 

 

Q/A: maintenance practices.

 Charts-

Tractor drawn implements.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 77-80

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 66-7

    

4

 Disc plough. Label parts of a disc plough

List down maintenance practices for a disc plough.

 

 Q/A: review primary and secondary cultivation.

 

Drawing labeled diagrams.

 

Q/A & discussion.

 Chart- Disc plough

 

 KLB BK IV

Pg 79-80

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 68-9

    

9

1

 Mould board plough. State operational differences between the disc plough and  mould board plough.

 

   Chart- Mould board plough

 

 KLB BK IV

Pg 80-82

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 70-1

    

2

Harrows.

 Identify types of harrows and their uses.

List down maintenance practices for harrows.

 

 Drawing diagrams, Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 82-84

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 72-77

    

3

Other farm implements.

 Explain the functional features of subsoilers, ridgers, rotary tillers & mowers.

List down maintenance practices for the

implements.

 

 Exposition & brief discussion.

Excursion & exhibitions.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 85-91

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 78-82

    

4

Animal drawn implements.

 Identify parts of animal drawn implements and state their functions.

List down maintenance practices for an ox-plough, an ox-plough, and an ox-cart.

State merits & demerits of using animal-drawn implements compared to tractor power.

 

 Drawing and labeling an ox-plough;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

 Chart:

An ox-plough.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 91-94

 

 

Longhorn Bk IV

Pg 82-83

    

10

END  OF  TERM  ONE  EXAMINATION    

 

 SCHEME  OF  WORK               AGRICULTURE  FORM  FOUR                 TERM  TWO  2020    

1

1

AGRIC. ECONOMICS III

(PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)

 

Household firm relationship.

  

Define a household and a firm as business terms.

Describe a household and a firm as producers and consumers and their role in a country’s economic growth.

 Q/A: review definition of economics, production economics.

Exposition & explanations.

Q/A & discussion.

 

 

   KLB BK IV

Pg 96-97

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 20-21

    

2

Gross domestic product (GDP) and Gross National product (GNP).

 Per Capita Income.

 Define the terms GDP & GNP.

Define the term gross national income (GNI).

 

 

Define the term per capita income.

 

 Exposition & explanations.

 

 

 

Calculations.

 

 

   KLB BK IV

Pg 97-98

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 87-88

    

3

 Contribution of Agriculture to national development. Explain contribution of Agriculture to development.

 

 Brain storming;

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 98-9

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 90-91

    

4

Land as a factor of production.

 Describe the economic value of production of crops and livestock and space for construction of farm buildings, agro-industries & infrastructure.

List down methods of land acquisition.

 Exposition of new concepts;

Probing questions to elicit responses;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 99-100

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 92-3

    

2

1

Labour as a factor of production.

 Define the term labour as used in production.

Explain ways of improving labour productivity.

Identify types of labour.

 Oral questions & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg  100-2

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 93-4

    

2

Capital.

 Define the term capital.

Identify types of capital.

List sources of capital.

 Oral questions, exposition & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 102-3

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 94-95

    

3

Management as a production factor.

 State functions of a manager in a farm.

Identify good qualities of a manager.

 Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 103-4

    

4

 TEST     KLB BK IV

Pg  104-

    

3

1

Production function.

 Define production function.

State characteristics of variable and fixed inputs.

 Q/A: examples of inputs & outputs; variable and fixed inputs;

Brief discussion.

 

   KLB BK IV

Pg 104-6

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 96-7

    

2

Production function curves.

 Illustrate and interpret input-output relationship graphically. Worked examples: supervised practice. Graph papers. KLB BK IV

Pg 106-7

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 98

    

3

Increasing returns production functions.

 Illustrate and interpret Increasing returns production functions.

Give empirical examples where increasing returns production functions are experienced.

 Tabulate inputs and outputs.

Graphical representation of increasing returns production functions.

 Graph papers. KLB BK IV

Pg 107-8

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 99

    

4

Constant returns production functions.

 Constant returns production functions.

Give empirical examples where Increasing returns production functions are experienced.

 Tabulate inputs and outputs.

Graphical representation of constant returns production functions.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 108-9

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 99

    

4

1

Decreasing returns production functions.

 Decreasing returns production functions.

Give empirical examples where decreasing returns production functions are experienced.

 Tabulate inputs and outputs.

Graphical representation of decreasing returns production functions.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 109-10

    

2

Law of diminishing returns.

 State the law oh diminishing returns. Refer to illustrative tables.

Plot graphs from the tables;

Discuss shape of the curve.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 112

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 100-1

    

3

Zones of a PF curve.

 Divide a production function into three zones.

Identify rational zones of production.

 Q/A: review AP, MP.

Guided discovery of the three zones.

 Chart –

Curve showing 3 zones of PF.

 KLB BK IV

Pg 113-5

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 101-2

    

4

The principles of substitution.

 

 

Input-input relationship.

 State the principles of substitution.

Give examples illustrating principles of substitution.

Identify ways of combining inputs.

 Exposition.

 

Illustrative examples, brief discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 115-6

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 102

    

5

1

Product-product relationship.

 

Supplementary and complementary products.

 

 Give examples of product-product relationship.

 

Give illustrative examples depicting supplementary and complementary products.

 Oral questions: joint products, competitive products.

 

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 116-7

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 103

    

2

The principle of equi-marginal returns.

 

The concept of cost.

State the principle of equi-marginal returns.

 

Determine the cost of production.

Identify the role of cost in production.

List types of costs.

 Discussion.

 

 

Exposition;

Worked examples.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 117-9

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 104-5,6

    

3

Types of revenue.

 Compute total revenue, net revenue and marginal revenue given the relevant information. Worked examples;

Explanations.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 119-120

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 107

    

4

Farm planning.

 State factors to consider when drawing a farm plan. Exposition, Q/A & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 121-2

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 108

    

6

1

Making a farm plan.

 Outline steps followed in making a farm plan. Exposition, probing questions & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 122-3

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 109

    

2

Farm budgeting.

 Define a farm budget.

Analyse importance of farm budgeting.

 Exposition & discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 123

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 110

 

    

3

Types of farm budgets.

 Describe types of farm budgets.

Give examples of contexts where certain types of budgets are used.

Draw a partial budget.

Draw a complete budget.

 

 Exposition & discussion,

Worked examples;

Supervised practice;

Written exercises.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 124-7

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 110-1

    

4

Farmer’s support services

Extension, training & banking.

 

 Describe extension, training & banking as support services to the farmers.

 

 Exposition & explanations.   KLB BK IV

Pg 127-8

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 112-3

    

7

1

Credit.

 

 

 

Sources of credit.

 

 

 Define the term credit.

Identify types of credit.

Differentiate between hard & soft credit.

List down sources of credit.

Identify problems associated with credits.

 

 Detailed discussion

& exposition of new concepts.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 128-130

 

 

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 113-5

    

2

Artificial insemination

&

Agricultural research.

 Describe A.I. services provided to farmers.

Identify objectives of Agricultural research.

Give examples of Agricultural research centers in Kenya.

 

 Detailed discussion

& exposition of new concepts.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 130-2

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 115-6

    

3

Marketing.

 

Farm input suppliers

Tractor hire service

 Cite examples of organizations that help farmers in marketing their produce.

Cite organizations where farmers can obtain farm inputs.

State merits & demerits of tractor hire service.

Cite points of tractor hire service.

 Writing initials in full e.g. KPCU.

 

Brief discussion

   KLB BK IV

Pg 132-4

 

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 112-3

 

    

4

Risks and uncertainties in farming.

 Define the terms risk and uncertainty.

List types of risk and uncertainties.

 

 

 

 Brain storming;

Detailed discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 134-5

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 116-7

    

8

1

 Adjusting to uncertainties and risks. Outline ways of adjusting to risks and uncertainties.

 

 

 

 Brain storming;

Detailed discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 135-6

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 118-9

    

2

AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)

 

Financial documents.

 

 

  

 

 

Outline details contained in an invoice, receipt, delivery note and a purchase order.

 

  

 

 

Oral questions & brief discussion.

  

 

 

Invoice, receipt, delivery note and a purchase order.

 

  

 

 

KLB BK IV

Pg 139-145

 

Longhorn Bk 4

121

 

  

Books of accounts.

 Describe features of the ledger and the inventory. Oral questions & brief discussion.

Illustrative tables.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 146-150

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 124

  

Cash book.

 Describe features of the cash book.

Balance cash book.

 Oral questions & brief discussion.

Illustrative examples.

 

 Cash book. KLB BK IV

Pg 150

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 125

  

3

Journal

&

Subsidiary books of the Journal.

 Describe features of the journal & subsidiary books of the journal. Oral questions & brief discussion.

Illustrative tables.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 151-3

  

 

 

 

Financial statements.

Balance sheet.

 Describe features of balance sheets.

Prepare a balance sheet.

 

 

 Make entries in a balance sheet.

Prepare a balance sheet.

Supervised practice.

 Balance sheet. KLB BK IV

Pg 154-7

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 129-130

  

4

Solvency of a business.

 Determine whether a business is solvent or insolvent.

 

     KLB BK IV

Pg 154-7

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 130

  

Profit and loss account.

 Define a profit and loss account.

Draw a profit and loss A/C.

Compute net profit.

 

 Teacher gives format of profit and loss A/C.

Worked examples.

Supervised practice.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 157-9

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 132-3

  

9

1,2

Cash analysis.

 Define the term cash analysis.

Draw a cash analysis.

Compute total receipt and total expenditure for a given accounting period.

 Worked examples.

Supervised practice.

Written exercise.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 159-162

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 133-4

  

3

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING & ORGANIZATIONS

 

Market and marketing.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Define the term market as an institution.

Distinguish between a perfect and imperfect market.

 

  

 

 

 

Q/A: definition.

Teacher’s explanations.

    

 

 

 

KLB BK IV

Pg 164

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 137

  

4

Types of markets.

 

Monopoly.

Oligopoly

     &

Monopsony.

 

 Identify features of a monopolistic competition in a market, oligopolistic and monopsonistic markets.

 

 Brain storming;

Exposition;

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 165-6

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 137-8

  

10

1

Price theory and demand.

 Define the terms price & demand.

Sketch the demand curve.

Explain the term demand schedule.

 Exposition;

Curve sketching & explanations.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 166-8

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 139-140

  

2

Factors affecting demand for a commodity.

 Outline factors affecting demand for a commodity. Q/A, discussion & explanations.   KLB BK IV

Pg 168-9

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 140-2

  

3

Elasticity of demand.

 Explain the concept of elasticity of demand.

Illustrate demand for a commodity.

Calculate elasticity of demand.

Identify types of elasticity of demand.

Illustrate elastic, inelastic  & unitary demand graphically.

 Teacher’s explanations.

Graphical illustration.

 

Worked examples. Supervised practice.

 

 

 

Graphical representation of demand.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 170-3

 

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 142-4

  

4

Factors affecting elasticity of demand.

 State factors affecting elasticity of demand. Exposition;

Explanations.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 173-4

 

  

11

END  OF  TERM TWO EXAMINATIONS    

 

FORM             FOUR            AGRICULTURE      TERM            THREE    2021  

1

1

Supply

&

Supply-price relationship.

 Define the term supply.

Illustrate supply-price relationship.

 Sketching supply-price curves.

Refer to supply schedules.

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 174-5

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 144-5

  

2

Factors affecting supply of a commodity.

 State & explain factors affecting supply of a commodity. Q/A & detailed discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 175-7

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 145-6

  

3

Elasticity of supply (Es).

 Define elasticity of supply (Es).

Calculate (Es)

 Q/A: review Ed hence defines Es.

Worked examples.

Supervised activity.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 177-8

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 147

  

4

Determination of market prices.

 Explain how market prices are determined.

Determine the equilibrium or market prices of a commodity in a free market.

 

 Teacher’s explanation.

 

Q/A : review demand and supply curves.

Plot both curves.

Interpret the graphs.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 178-9

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 149

  

2

1

 

 

 

Price control.

 

 

Marketing and marketing function.

 Explain the role of government in price control.

 

Define marketing and marketing function.describe tingfunction. a market.

 Brain storming;

Exposition;

Discussion.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 179-183

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 151

  

2

Marketing organizations and agencies.

 

Wholesalers & retailers.

  

 

 

Explain the arbitrage role of a wholesaler.

Identify services provided by retailers.

  

 

 

Brain storming;

Exposition;

Discussion.

    

 

KLB BK IV

Pg 183-4

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 151

 

  

3

Itinerant traders, broker agents & commission agents.

 Outline the functions of Itinerant traders, broker agents & commission agents in a market. Exposition & explanation.   KLB BK IV

Pg 184-5

 

 

 

  

4

Packers and processors, marketing boards & auctioneers.

 Outline functions of packers and processors, marketing boards & auctioneers in a market. Q/A & detailed discussion.   KLB BK IV

Pg 185-6

  

3

1

Special characteristics of Agricultural products.

 Describe bulkiness, weight, volume, seasonality and perishability of Agricultural products. Oral questions & detailed discussion   KLB BK IV

Pg 186-8

  

2

Agricultural organizations.

Kenya sugar authority, Horticultural crops Development Authority, AFC, ADC, and KMC.

 

 

 Outline the functions of Kenya sugar authority, Horticultural crops Development Authority, AFC, ADC, and KMC. Probing questions,

Brief discussion

   KLB BK IV

Pg 189-192

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 163-4

  

3

Other Farmers’ Associations:

 KNFU, ASK, 4K-club, YF club.

 Outline the functions of other Farmers’ Associations such as KNFU, ASK, 4K-club, YF club. Probing questions,

Brief discussion

Assignment.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 195-7

  

4

Co-operative societies.

 Outline the principles of co-operatives.

Highlight functions of co-operatives.

 

 Probing questions, brief discussion, & teacher’s explanations.   KLB BK IV

Pg 161-2

  

4

1

AGROFORESTRY

Definition of

agroforestry.

 

Forms of agroforestry.

  

 

Define the term agroforestry.

 

Describe forms of agroforestry.

 

  

 

Probing questions & explanations.

   KLB BK IV

Pg 200-1

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 166-7

  

2

Importance of agroforestry.

 Explain the importance of agroforestry.     KLB BK IV

Pg 201-2

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 167-8

  

3

Tree nursery.

 State factors considered when selecting the nursery site.

Describe treatment of nursery seeds.

 

 

 Q/A & discussions. Tree nurseries. KLB BK IV

Pg 203-5

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 169-173

  

4

Nursery management practices

    &

Care and management of trees.

 Identify practices carried out on the nursery in order to produce healthy tree seedlings.

Describe the care and management of trees.

 Brain storming;

Discussion;

Practical activities – transplanting seedlings.

 Tree nurseries. KLB BK IV

Pg 205-8

 

Longhorn Bk 4

Pg 173-177

  

 

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TEST

 

        

 

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1

1

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION I

 

Reproduction

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

 

Define terms related to reproduction.

  

 

Exposition of new terms such as hatcheries, broodiness, and incubation.

Discussion.

    

 

 

KLB BK III

Pg 1

  

2

Male reproductive system.

 Identify parts of the reproductive system of a bull. Drawing and labeling of reproductive system of a bull.

Brief discussion.

 Chart –reproductive system of a bull. KLB BK III

Pgs 2-3

  

3

Female  reproductive

 Identify parts of the reproductive system of a  cow. Drawing and labeling of reproductive system of a cow.

Brief discussion.

 Chart –reproductive system of a cow. KLB BK III

Pgs 4-5

  

4

Pregnancy, parturition and birth.

 Define gestation period.

Identify signs of parturition.

Identify proper presentation at birth.

 

 Probing questions;

Discussion;

Exposition.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 5-6

  

2

1

 Reproductive system in poultry. Identify parts of the reproductive system of a  hen.

State functions of parts of reproductive system of a hen.

 Drawing and labeling of reproductive system of a hen.

Brief discussion.

 Chart –reproductive system of a hen. KLB BK III

Pgs 6-8

  

2

Breeding stock.

 State factors considered when selecting a breeding stock. Probing questions;

Discussion;

Exposition.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 9-10

  

Methods of selecting breeding  stock.

 

Identify methods of selecting breeding  stock.

 

 

 Exposition;

Brief discussion.

 

   KLB BK III

Pgs 11-12

  

Breeding.

 Give reasons for breeding.

Define terms related to  breeding.

 Probing questions;

Exposition of new concepts.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 12-16

  

3

 Breeding systems

Inbreeding.

 Give reasons for inbreeding.

State advantages and disadvantages of inbreeding.

 

 Probing questions;

Exposition of new concepts.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 17-18

  

Outbreeding.

 Give reasons for outbreeding.

State advantages and disadvantages of outbreeding.

 

 Exposition of new concepts;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 18-19

  

4

Signs of heat in livestock.

 Identify signs of heat in cattle, pigs and rabbits.

 

 

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 19-20

  

Natural mating and artificial insemination.

 State advantages and disadvantages of natural mating.

State advantages and disadvantages of artificial insemination.

 

 

 Discussion with questioning. Chart – artificial vagina. KLB BK III

Pgs 20-23

  

3

1

Embryo transplant.

 State advantages and disadvantages of embryo transplant as a method of service. Exposition;

Brief discussion.

 

   KLB BK III

Pgs 23-24

  

Parturition.

 Identify signs of parturition in cows, sows and does. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

Written exercise.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 24-25

  

2

LIVESTOCK REARING PRACTICES

 

Routine livestock rearing practices.

Feeding.

  

 

 

 

Define flushing and steaming up.

Give reasons for flushing and steaming up.

 

  

 

 

 

Exposition of new concepts;

Discussion.

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 27-28

  

Creep feeding.

 Describe creep feeding of piglets, lambs, kids and kindlings. Exposition of new concepts;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 29-31

  

3

Vaccination.

 State properties of good vaccines.

Give examples of common vaccines.

 Exposition of new concepts;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 32-33

  

Deworming & docking. Explain reasons for deworming & docking.

 

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

 

 Sample dewormers. KLB BK III

Pgs 33,36

  

4

Hoof trimming.

 Give reasons for hoof trimming.

Identify tools used in hoof trimming.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

 

 Tools used in hoof trimming. KLB BK III

Pgs 36-38

  

Dusting, dipping and spraying.

 Give reasons for dusting, dipping and spraying. Brief discussion with questioning.   KLB BK III

Pgs 38-40

  

4

1

Breeding-related practices.

 Identify practices related to breeding. Exposition of new concepts;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 40-41

  

2

Identification of livestock.

 Give reasons for identifying animals.

Outline various methods of identification.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

 

 Ear notching patterns. KLB BK III

Pgs 41-44

  

3

 Debeaking and tooth clipping. Give reasons for debeaking and tooth clipping. Q/A and brief discussion;

Practical activities.

 Debeaking and tooth clipping tools. KLB BK III

Pg 45

  

4

Culling.

 Give reasons for culling animals.

Cite basis of culling animals.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

 

   KLB BK III

Pgs 45-46

  

5

 

 MID TERM BREAK

6

1

Dehorning.

 Identify methods of dehorning.

Identify tools used for dehorning.

 

 Q/A and brief discussion;

Practical activities.

 Dehorning tools. KLB BK III

Pgs 47-48

  

Castration & caponisation.

 Give reasons for castrating animals.

Outline methods of castration / caponisation.

 

 

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion;

Practical activities.

 Tools used in castration. KLB BK III

Pgs 49-52

  

2

Management during parturition.

 Outline management practices during parturition in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and rabbits.

Identify signs of farrowing.

 Brain storming;

Exposition;

Detailed discussion.

 

   KLB BK III

Pgs 52-56

  

3

 BEE KEEPING

 

Importance of bee keeping.

Bee colony.

  

 

Outline importance of bee keeping.

Identify members of a bee colony.

  

 

Brain storming;

Detailed discussion.

 

   KLB BK III

Pgs 56-59

  

Life cycle of a bee.

 

Siting an apiary.

 Describe the life cycle of a bee

State factors considered when siting an apiary.

 Exposition,

Probing questions,

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 59-60

  

4

 Types of hives

& stocking a hive.

 Identify types of hives.

Outline methods used to stock a hive.

 Brief discussion with questioning. K.T.B.H. KLB BK III

Pgs 60-65

  

7

1

 Bee management. Give reasons for feeding bees.

Identify  pests and diseases and their control.

 Brief discussion with questioning.   KLB BK III

Pgs 66-68

  

2

 Swarming of bees. Cite reasons for swarming of bees.

Identify proper practices for handling bees.

 Brain storming;

Discussion.

 Protective gear. KLB BK III

Pgs 68-69

  

3,4

Honey harvesting.

 

 

 

Honey processing.

 Describe honey harvesting process.

Identify equipment for honey harvesting.

Outline methods of honey extraction.

 Brief discussion;

Teacher demonstration-extracting honey

 

 Equipment for honey harvesting, & extraction.. KLB BK III

Pgs 70-72

  

8

1

FISH FARMING

 

Importance of fish.

 

Requirements for fish farming.

 

  

 

Outline importance of fish keeping.

Identify requirements for fish farming.

 

  

 

Brain storming;

Discussion.

  

 

 

Fish pond.

 KLB BK III

Pgs 72-73

  

2,3

 Stocking, feeding, cropping and harvesting. Outline practices for stocking, feeding, cropping and harvesting of fish. Brief discussion with probing questions. Fish pond. KLB BK III

Pgs 77-80

  

4

FARM STRUCTURES

 

Planning and siting farm structures.

  

 

Explain factors considered when planning and siting farm structures.

 

  

 

Brain storming;

Discussion.

    

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 83-84

  

9

1,2

Types of construction materials.

 Identify types of materials for construction. Brain storming;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 84-88

  

3

Farm buildings.

 State purpose of farm buildings.

Identify parts of a farm building.

 Q/A;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 89-93

  

4

Livestock structures.

 Give examples of farm livestock structures.

Identify parts of a cattle plunge dip/ spray race /milking shed.

 Brain storming;

Drawing diagrams;

Discussion.

 Chart – Parts of  plunge dip/ spray race /milking shed. KLB BK III

Pgs 94-99

  

10

END OF  TERM  ONE  EXAMS  

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1

Livestock structures.

Zero grazing unit and calf pen.

 Identify structural requirements for zero grazing unit and calf pen. Brain storming;

Drawing diagrams;

Discussion.

 Zero grazing unit and calf pen. KLB BK III

Pgs 104-5

  

2

 Poultry house,  piggery unit & rabbit hutch. Identify structural requirements for poultry house & a piggery unit. Brain storming;

Drawing diagrams;

Discussion.

 Poultry house & a piggery unit. KLB BK III

Pgs 106-110

  

3

Fences.

 

 

 State advantages of a live fence over a wire fence.

Identify types of wire fences.

 

 Brain storming;

Discussion.

 Chart – Parts of wire fence KLB BK III

Pgs 124-130

  

4

Seedbeds, nursery structures, seed boxes & vegetative propagation units.

 Outline requirements for seedbeds, nursery structures, seed boxes & vegetative propagation units Brain storming;

Drawing diagrams;

Discussion.

 Seedbeds, nursery structures, seed boxes & vegetative propagation units KLB BK III

Pgs 130-138

  

2

1

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS II

 

Meaning of land tenure.

 

Communal land tenure.

  

 

 

Define the term land tenure.

 

State advantages and disadvantages of communal land tenure.

  

 

 

Exposition of new concepts;

Discussion.

    

 

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 140-2

  

2

Individual land tenure

 State advantages and disadvantages of individual owner operator, landlordism & tenancy. Exposition of new concepts;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 142-4

  

2

3

 Land fragmentation. Outline factors related to land fragmentation.

Highlight effects related to land fragmentation.

 Exposition of new concepts;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 144-7

  

4

 Land reforms. Discuss land consolidation, tenure reforms, adjudication and registration. Exposition of new concepts;

Probing questions;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 147-152

  

3

1

Development of settlement schemes in Kenya.

 Identify some settlement schemes in Kenya.

Outline requirements for settlement schemes to thrive in Kenya.

 Exposition of new concepts;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 152-7

  

2

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

 

Soil erosion.

  

 

 

Outline factors influencing soil erosion.

Identify types of soil erosion.

  

 

 

Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

    

 

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 158-167

  

3

Effects of soil erosion & control measure.

 Highlight effects of soil erosion & measures of control. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 167-8

  

4

Mass wasting (solifluction)

 Identify types of mass wasting.

State effects of mass wasting.

 

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 168-172

  

4

1

Methods of soil and water conservation.

 Outline methods of soil and water conservation. Brain storming;

Drawing diagrams;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 178-183

  

Types of terraces.

 Identify types of terraces. Observing terraces;

Drawing diagrams; brief discussion.

 Terraces. KLB BK III

Pgs 183-8

  

2

Harvesting water.

 Outline methods of harvesting water. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 188-190

  

3

WEEDS AND WEED CONTROL

 

Identification of common weeds.

  

 

 

Define a weed.

Identify common weeds.

  

 

 

Drawing Illustrative  diagrams;

Weed mounting;

 

  

 

 

Common weeds.

  

 

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 192-199

  

Effects of weeds.

 Highlight harmful effects of weeds.

Highlight benefits of weeds.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

 Useful and harmful weeds. KLB BK III

Pgs 200-2

  

4

Chemical weed control.

 Outline ways in which chemicals affect crops.

Classify herbicides.

 Expository and descriptive approaches. Common herbicides. KLB BK III

Pgs 203-4

  

Selectivity and effectiveness of herbicides.

 Outline factors affecting selectivity and effectiveness of herbicides. Expository and descriptive approaches.   KLB BK III

Pgs 205-6

  

Herbicides and the environment. Highlight precautions observed when handling herbicides.

Discuss effects of herbicides on the environment.

 

 

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 208-9

  

5

1

 Mechanical weed control. State advantages of tillage as a method of weed eradication. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 209-210

  

2

 Cultural  biological & legislative methods of weed control. Identify some cultural and biological ways of controlling weeds.

Define legislative method of weed control.

 Q/A & brief discussion.   KLB BK III

Pgs 210-1

  

3,4

 C.A.T         

 

6

1

CROP PESTS AND DISEASES

 

Effects of crop pests.

 

Classification of pests.

  

 

 

State harmful effects of crop pests.

 

Outline criteria for classifying pests.

  

 

 

Brain storming;

Exposition of new concepts.

    

 

 

KLB BK III

Pgs 213-4

  

2

Field insect pests.

 Identify common field insect pests. Examining some insect pests.

Identifying parts of crops attacked.

 Common field insect pests,

Infested crops.

 KLB BK III

Pgs 214-8

  

3

Piercing and sucking pests.

 Identify common piercing and sucking pests. Examining some piercing and sucking pests.

Identifying parts of crops attacked.

 Common Piercing and sucking pests.

Infested crops.

 KLB BK III

Pgs 218-221

  

4

Other field pests.

 Describe harmful effects caused by nematodes, mites, rodents and birds. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 221-3

  

7

1

Storage pests.

 Identify common storage pests. Examining storage pests.

Identifying parts of crops attacked.

 Storage pests, infested cereals. KLB BK III

Pgs 224-6

  

2

Crop pest control.

 Outline methods for controlling pests. Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pgs 226-30

  
3

Pesticides.

 

 

 

 

 

 Outline criteria for classifying pesticides.

Highlight factors affecting effectiveness of a pesticide. State advantages of using pesticides.

 

 Exposition, detailed discussion.   KLB BK III

Pgs 230-2

  
4 Biological pest control.

 

Effects of diseases.

 State advantages of using biological pest control.

 

Identify effects of crop diseases.

 Brain storming;

Exposition;

Brief discussion.

 Crop parts infected with diseases. KLB BK III

Pgs 233-4

  

8

 1 Fungal diseases. Highlight harmful effects of diseases.

Identify some fungal diseases.

 Expository and descriptive approaches. Crops affected by fungal diseases. KLB BK III

Pgs 234-7

  

2

 Viral diseases. Identify some viral diseases. Expository and descriptive approaches. Crops affected by viral diseases. KLB BK III

Pg  237

  

3

 

4

Bacterial diseases.

 

Nutritional disorders.

 Identify some bacterial diseases.

Identify nutritional disorders of crops.

 Expository and descriptive approaches.

Q/A to review nutritional disorders of crops.

 Crops affected by bacterial  diseases. KLB BK III

Pg  238-9

  

9

1

Control of crop diseases.

 Highlight methods of controlling crop diseases. Brain storming;

Brief discussion,

Answer review questions.

   KLB BK III

Pg  239-240

  

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

CROP PRODUCTION VI FIELD PRACTICES II

MAIZE

 

Ecological requirements.

 

 

Describe land preparation

 

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

 

 

Outline the ecological requirements of maize.

Identify some varieties of maize.

Describe land preparation for maize establishment.

 

  

 

 

 

 

Brain storming;

Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

School farm.

  

 

 

 

 

 

KLB BK III

Pg  242-5

  

4

 Field operations. Describe field operations on a maize stand. Q/A on spacing of crops and fertilizer application;

Brief discussion.

 School farm. KLB BK III

Pg  245-6

  

10

1

Pest control & Disease control.

 Identify field and storage pests that attack maize. Identify  diseases that attack maize Brain storming;

Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

 

 Infested maize. KLB BK III

Pg  246-9

  

2

 Harvesting, storage and marketing of maize. Describe harvesting, storage and marketing of maize. Brief discussion with oral questioning.   KLB BK III

Pg  249-250

  

 

3

FINGER MILLET

 

Ecological requirements and preparation for planting materials.

 

 Outline the ecological requirements of finger millet.

Identify some varieties of finger millet.

 

 Discussion;

Probing questions.

 Finger millet. KLB BK III

Pg  250-2

  

4

Field operations, pest and disease control.

 Discuss field operations, pest and disease control. Examine millet attacked by pests / diseases.

Discussion.

 

 

 Millet attacked by pests / diseases.

 

 KLB BK III

Pg  254-5

  

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1

 SORGHUM

Ecological requirements and preparation for planting materials.

 Outline the ecological requirements of sorghum.

Identify some varieties of finger millet.

Describe selection and preparation of planting materials.

 

 Discussion;

Exposition;

Probing questions.

 Finger millet. KLB BK III

Pg  250-2

  

Field operations, pest and disease control.

 Discuss field operations, pest and disease control. Examine sorghum attacked by  pests / diseases.

Discussion.

 Sorghum attacked by pests / diseases.

 

 KLB BK III

Pg  255-9

  

2

BEANS

 

Ecological requirements and preparation for planting materials.

 Outline the ecological requirements for beans.

Identify some varieties of beans.

 

 Exposition and probing questions.   KLB BK III

Pg  260-1

  

Field operations, pest and disease control & harvesting of beans.

 Discuss field operations, pest and disease control. Examine beans attacked by  pests / diseases.

Brain storming;

Discussion.

 

 Bean plants attacked by pests / diseases.

 

 KLB BK III

Pg  261-3

  

3

 RICE

Ecological requirements and preparation for planting materials.

 Outline the ecological requirements for beans.

Identify some varieties of rice.

 

 Exposition and probing questions.   KLB BK III

Pg  260-1

  

Field operations, pest and disease control & harvesting of rice.

 Discuss field operations, pest and disease control. Brain storming;

Discussion.

 

 Bean plants attacked by pests / diseases.

 

 KLB BK III

Pg  261-3

  

2

1

Harvesting pyrethrum.

 Describe harvesting of pyrethrum. Exposition and probing questions. Pyrethrum shrubs .KLB BK III

Pg  265

  

2

Harvesting sugarcane.

 Describe harvesting of sugarcane. Exposition and probing questions. Pyrethrum shrubs .KLB BK III

Pg  265

  

3

Harvesting coffee and tea.

 Describe harvesting of coffee and tea. Brain storming;

Exposition and probing questions.

 Pyrethrum shrubs .KLB BK III

Pg  265-8

  

4

FORAGE CROPS

 

Pasture classification.

  

 

Outline criteria for classifying pastures.

  

 

Exposition and probing questions.

  

 

Common types of grass.

  

 

KLB BK III

Pg  269-271

  

3

1

Pasture establishment.

 Outline methods of sowing pasture crop.

Describe field practices for pasture establishment.

 Brain storming,

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  272-4

  

2

Weed control and top dressing.

 Cite reasons for weed control.

Cite reasons for topdressing.

 

 Brain storming,

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  274-6

  

3

Pasture utilization.

 State effects of early  / late defoliation.

 

 Probing questions;

Exposition;

Discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  277-8

  

4

Rotational grazing systems.

 State advantages of rotational grazing systems. Brain storming, discussion on paddocking, strip grazing, tethering.   KLB BK III

Pg  280-2

  

4

 CAT AND MID TERM BREAK

5

1

Zero grazing / stall feeding.

 State advantages of zero grazing / stall feeding. Brain storming;

Discussion

   KLB BK III

Pg  283

  

2

 Napier grass.

 

 

 Outline the ecological requirements for napier grass.

Describe establishment of  napier grass.

 Expository and descriptive approaches. Napier grass strands. KLB BK III

Pg  283-7

  

Guatemala.

 Outline the ecological requirements for Guatemala.

Describe establishment of  Guatemala.

 Brain storming;

Discussion

 Guatemala strands. KLB BK III

Pg  287-292

  

3

Kenya white clover.

 Outline the ecological requirements for Kenya white clover.

Describe establishment of  Kenya white clover..

 Brain storming;

Discussion

 Kenya white clover strands. KLB BK III

Pg  295

  

4

Lucerne & desmodium.

 Outline the ecological requirements for Lucerne / desmodium.

Describe establishment of  Lucerne / desmodium.

 Q/A & brief discussion;

Exposition.

 Lucerne strands. KLB BK III

Pg

  

6

1

FORAGE CONSERVATION

 Cite reasons for conserving forge.

Outline methods of conserving forage.

 

 Discussion on hay / silage  making and silos.   KLB BK III

Pg  299-302

  
 

Principles of conservation.

 Discuss the principles of conservation of forage.

State characteristics of quality silage.

 Brief discussion with exposition of new concepts.   KLB BK III

Pg  304-5

  

2

Silage requirements in dry matter.

 Calculate silage requirements in dry matter. Exposition, calculations. Calculators. KLB BK III

Pg  305-6

  

3,

4

LIVESTOCK HEALTH III

 

Observable conditions of livestock.

&

Disease predisposing factors.

 

 

  

 

 

Identify conditions that help in observing disease symptoms.

 

Identify some disease predisposing factors

  

 

 

Brain storming,

Q/A to review disease and health.

Discussion.

 

    

 

 

KLB BK III

Pg  308-9

  

7

1,2

Terms related to livestock diseases.

 Define the terms incubation period, mortality, natural and artificial immunity.

 

 Probing questions;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  309-310

  

3,4

Protozoan diseases.

 Give examples of  protozoan diseases.

Identify symptoms of specific  diseases.

Cite control measures.

 Discussion on ECF, anaplsmolysis, nagana, coccidiosis.   KLB BK III

Pg  311-2

  

8

1,2

Bacterial diseases.

 Give examples of  bacterial diseases.

Identify symptoms of specific  diseases.

Cite control measures.

Identify animals affected by bacterial diseases.

 Discussion on mastitis. Foot rot, contagious abortion, black quarter, scours, anthrax, pneumonia.   KLB BK III

Pg  314-325

  

3,4

Viral diseases.

 Give examples of viral diseases.

Identify symptoms of specific  diseases.

Cite control measures.

Identify animals affected by viral  diseases.

 Discussion on rinderpest, Newcastle, gumboro, foot and mouth disease, fowl pox.   KLB BK III

Pg  325-330

  

9

1

Nutritional disorders.

-Milk fever.

 Cite symptoms of milk fever.

Explain control and treatment of milk fever.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  330-2

  

2

– Bloat.

 Cite symptoms of milk fever.

Explain control and treatment of milk fever.

 Brain storming;

Brief discussion.

   KLB BK III

Pg  332-3

  

3,4

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