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Agriculture for Secondary Schools
Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms ..............................................................................viii
Acknowledgments .................................................................................................ix
Preface .....................................................................................................................x
Chapter One: Production of crops .........................................................................1
Introduction .........................................................................................................1
Production of horticultural crops ........................................................................1
Production of oil crops .......................................................................................22
Production of starchy root and tuber crops ........................................................24
Production of perennial crops ............................................................................28
Chapter Two: Chemical properties of soil ............................................................32
Introduction ........................................................................................................32
The concept of chemical properties of soil ........................................................32
Soil colloids .......................................................................................................32
Ion exchange in soil ...........................................................................................33
Soil pH ...............................................................................................................35
Carbon to nitrogen ratio .....................................................................................44
Chapter Three: Planning for livestock enterprise .................................................47
Introduction ........................................................................................................47
The concept of planning for livestock enterprises .............................................47
Physical planning ...............................................................................................49
Financial planning ..............................................................................................52
Development of implementation plans for livestock enterprises .......................53
Chapter Four: Livestock housing .........................................................................56
Introduction ........................................................................................................56
The meaning and purpose of livestock housing .................................................56
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