Below is first term's
scheme of work for Agricultural Science for Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) 1 -
3.
First Term's Scheme of
Work for SSS 1
Week 1: MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF
AGRICULTURE
i. Definition of
Agriculture
ii. Branches of
Agriculture
iii. Importance of
Agriculture to the individual, community and the nation
Week 2: PROBLEMS OF
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Problems created by
inadequate:
i. Land
ii. Basic amenities
iii. Finance
iv. Transportation
v. Shortage and
processing facilities
vi. Agricultural
education and extension
vii. Tools and machinery
viii. Farm inputs
Week 3: SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS
OF AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA
Possible solutions to
identified problems
Week 4: HUSBANDRY OF
SELECTED CROPS (ROOT AND TUBER CROPS) e.g.,YAM, CASSAVA, SWEET POTATOES.
i. Method of propagation
ii. Climatic and soil requirements
iii. Land preparation
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer application
v. Harvesting, processing
and storage of the selected crops
Week 5: HUSBANDRY OF SELECTED
CROPS (CEREALS) e.g., MAIZE, RICE etc.
i. Method of propagation
ii. Climatic and soil
requirements
iii. Land preparation,
planting dates, seed rates, spacing, sowing depth
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer requirements and application
v. Harvesting, processing
and storage
Week 6: LAND AND ITS USES
i. Definition of land
ii. Uses of land for:
a. Agriculture
b. Forestry
c. Wildlife
Week 7: FACTORS AFFECTING
LAND AVAILABILITY
Factors affecting land
availability for Agricultural purposes:
i. Alternative uses of
land, e.g. building of cities, towns, industries, roads
ii. Soil type and
topography
Week 8: HUSBANDRY OF OIL CROPS,
e.g., OIL PALM, MELON, GROUNDNUT
i. Method of propagation
ii. Climatic and soil
requirements
iii. Land preparation
(pre-planting and planting operations)
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer requirements
v. Harvesting, processing
and storage of oil crops
Week 9: HUSBANDRY OF
BEVERAGE, e.g., COCOA, TEA AND COFFEE
i. Method of propagation
ii. Climatic and soil
requirements
iii. Land preparation
(pre-planting operations)
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer requirements
v. Harvesting, processing
and storage of beverage
Week 10: HUSBANDRY OF LATEX CROP,
e.g. RUBBER
i. Method of propagation
ii. Climatic and soil
requirements
iii. Land preparation,
nursery requirements
iv. Manuring and
fertilizer requirements and application
v. Harvesting, processing
and storage
Week 11: PRACTICAL:
IDENTIFICATION
Identification of the
common crops available, e.g. oil palm fruits, cocoa pod, kola nut, rubber seed,
cotton seed and lint, groundnut pod, different species of maize etc.
Week 12 – 13
REVISION/EXAMINATION
First Term's Scheme of
Work for SSS 2
Week 1: AGRICULTURAL LAWS
AND REFORMS
Land ownership and tenure
systems in Nigeria
Week 2: LAND USE ACT OF
NIGERIA
Land use Act of 1978:
i. Features of the Act
ii. The need for government
to enforce the law etc.
Week 3: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Role of government in
Agricultural production, e.g.,
i. Making of agricultural
policies
ii. Drawing of
agricultural programmes
iii. Provision of loans
and subsidies
iv. Provision of
agricultural education etc.
Week 4: FOREST MANAGEMENT
Forest management
techniques:
i. Forest regulation
ii. Selective exploration
iii. Deforestation
iv. Regeneration
v. Afforestation
vi. Taungya system
Week 5: DISEASES OF CROPS
Diseases of major crops:
e.g.,
i. Cereals – smut,
rice blast, leaf rust
ii. Legume – cercosporal
leaf spot, rosette
iii. Beverages
– cocoa blackpod, coffee leaf rust
iv. Tuber – cassava
mosaic virus, bacterial blight etc.
Week 6: SYMPTOMS AND ECONOMIC
IMPORTANCE OF CROP DISEASES
i. Symptoms of diseases,
e.g., spots, yellowing, rots, wilting, stuntedness etc.
ii. Economic importance,
e.g., increase cost of production, reduces quality of crops, reduces farmer's
income etc.
Week 7: PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL
MEASURES OF DISEASES
i. Cultural methods
ii. Biological methods
iii. Chemical methods
Week 8: IMPORTANT INSECT
PESTS OF MAJOR CROPS:
i. Cereal – system
borer, army-worm, ear-worm
ii. Legume – pod
borer, aphids, sucki bugs,leaf beetle
iii. Beverage
– cocoa myrids (capsids)
Week 9: OTHER IMPORTANT PESTS
i. Other important pests:
a. Birds
b. Rodents
c. Man
d. Monkey
ii. Nature of damages
done:
a. Destruction of leaves
b. Destruction of tender
stems
c. Destruction of
root/tubers
Week 10: ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
OF SELECTED PESTS
i. Economic importance of
pests:
a. Reduction in quality
of crops
b. Reduction in quantity
of crops
c. Makes vegetables
unattractive and unmarketable etc.
ii. Preventive and
control measures:
a. Cultural methods
b. Biological methods
c. Chemical methods
iii. Side effects of the
various preventive and control methods:
a. Chemical pollution
b. Poisoning etc.
Week 11: PASTURE AND FORAGE CROPS
Morphology of the common
grass and legume species of Nigerian pastures.
Week 12: TYPES OF PASTURE
i. Types of pasture:
a. Permanent pasture
b. Rotational pasture
c. Temporary pasture
d. Irrigated pasture
ii. Factors affecting
pasture:
a. Establishment
b. Distribution
c. Productivity
iii. Management practices
of a pasture land
Week 12 – 13
Revision/Examination
First Term's Scheme of
Work for SSS 3
Week 1: CROP IMPROVEMENT
a. Meaning and aims of
crop improvement
b. Mendelian Laws
Week 2: CROP IMPROVEMENT II
c. Processes of crop
improvement
i. Introduction
ii. Selection
iii. Breeding
Week 3: PRINCIPLES OF
ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
a. Susceptibility and
resistance to diseases
b. Predisposing factors:
i. Health status of the
animals
ii. Environment
iii. Nutrition
Week 4: PRINCIPLES OF
ANIMAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT II
c. Symptoms, effects and
mode of transmission, e.g.,
i. Viral – foot
and mouth diseases, rinder pest, new castle disease
ii. Bacterial
– anthrax, brucellosis, tuberculosis
iii. Fungal – scabbies,
ringworm
iv. Protozoa –
trypanosomiasis, coceidiosis
Week 5: PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL
HEALTH MANAGEMENT III
d. Ecto-Endo parasites,
life cycles and mode of transmission
e. Methods of:
i. Preventing – quarantine,
inoculation, vaccination, hygiene, breeding.
ii. Control – treatment
by a veterinary doctor, destruction.
Week 6: FISH FARMING AND FISHERY
REGULATIONS
a. Establishment and
maintenance of fish pond
Week 7: FISHERY REGULATIONS
b. Fishery regulations
Week 8: ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT
a. Aims and Meaning of
animal improvement
b. Methods of animal
improvement:
i. Introduction
ii. Selection
Week 9: ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT II
iii. Breeding – inbreeding,
line-breeding, cross breeding
Week 10: IRRIGATION AND
DRAINAGE
a. Importance of
irrigation and drainage
b. Drainage system:
channel, sprinkles, underground etc.
Week 11: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
II
c. Merits and demerits of
each: irrigation and drainage system
d. Problems associated
with irrigation:
i. High cost of
maintenance
ii. Water availability
iii. Build up of pest and
diseases
Week 12 – 13
Revision/Examination
