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Agriculture for Secondary Schools

Table 2.1 (b): Unimodal rain type
Annual months J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rainfall
distribution
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Description Rain season Dry season
Agronomic practice

Land preparation
Planting

Harvesting
Marketing

Source: Adapted from Baijuka et al. (2020)

Apart from site selection, proper and timely land preparation is important to create
a suitable environment for optimal growth and yield of the maize crop. Land
preparation involves clearing land to remove bushes, stones and debris from the
field, ploughing using a variety of farm powers such as a tractor (refer to Figure
2.2), and harrowing to smoothen the soil surface and break large clumps of soil.

Figure 2.2: Land ploughing using a tractor

Soil analysis is an important practice which helps to determine soil nutrient levels
to guide fertiliser application and other soil amendment decisions. Based on soil

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