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INFORMATIVE ADVERTISING Informative advertising is the delivery of advertising messages through mass media with the intent of informing a target market about the benefits offered by a new product or… Read More »TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENT
Advertising is widely used to promote a product or a service. Value-added agriculture is no exception. In fact, value-added agriculture provides some unique advertising opportunities and challenges. Advertising is controlled… Read More »ADVERTISING
What is Branding? A brand is the combination of a name, words, symbol, or design that identifies the product and a company and differentiates it from the competition. Branding serves… Read More »BRANDING
Packaging is the technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be… Read More »PACKAGING
Animal disease, an impairment of the normal state of an animal that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. African horse sickness African horse sickness (AHS) is a highly fatal, non-contagious,… Read More »ANIMAL DISEASE
The functions of a farm manager can be grouped into five major headings: (a) Organisation (b) Administration (c) Production (d) Marketing and (e) Evaluation. Organisation (i) The farm manager secures… Read More »FUNCTIONS OF A FARM MANAGER
Management refers to the person or group of persons who co-ordinate, organize and control the use of other factors of production. In other words, the person(s) who combine other factors… Read More »MANAGEMENT OR ENTREPRENEUR
Capital includes all man-made productive assets which are used in production. In other words, these are assets made by man to enable him to produce goods and services. Features of… Read More »CAPITAL
Labour includes all forms of productive human efforts put into or utilized in production. It also refers to man’s mental and physical exertions generated in the process of production. Features… Read More »LABOUR
LAND Definition: Land refers to where productive activities such as growing of crops, rearing of animals and establishment of farmstead, etc, are carried out. Features of Land (i) Land is… Read More »FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
A crop is a plant which is cultivated by man for some beneficial purposes. Crops can be classified based on (i) life cycle (ii)morphology (iii) uses. CLASSIFICATION BASED ON LIFE… Read More »CLASSIFICATION OF CROPS
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (CROPAND ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION) CLIMATE: This is defined as the average weather condition of a place measured over a long period of time. … Read More »ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
LAND Land is man’s natural endowment (the gift of nature). It is the solid part of earth’s surface (the soil and its mineral resources) where production like farming and livestock… Read More »LAND AND ITS USES
MEANING OF AGRO-ALLIED INDUSRIES Agro-allied industries/Agro-based industries are industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials in order to operate successfully. In other words, agro-based industries require the supply… Read More »AGRO-ALLIED IDUSTRIES
Science and Technology has played significant roles in the development of agriculture in Nigeria and many other countries of the world. These roles include Modern farm machinery: – The development… Read More »ROLES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
ROLES OF GOVERNMENT IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Agricultural activities are controlled or directed in one way or the other by government through their ministries of agriculture. They draw up policies and… Read More »THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
FARMING PRACTICES The following farming practices have consequences or effects on the soil; BUSH BURNING This involves the setting of fire on the bushes to clear out the vegetation… Read More »FARMING PRACTICES
PLANT NUTRIENTS AND NUTRIENT CYCLES Plant nutrients are classified into two, these includes macronutrient and micronutrient. MACRONUTRIENTS These are mineral elements or nutrients required by crops in large quantities.… Read More »PLANT NUTRIENTS AND NUTRIENT CYCLES
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION These factors are grouped into three, Climatic factor Biotic factor Edaphic factor CLIMATIC FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Climate is the average weather condition of… Read More »ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
IRRIGATION This is the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes. FACTORS THAT DETERMINES IRRIGATION SYSTEM Availability of water. Slope of the land. Soil type.… Read More »IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE