West African Senior School Certificate Examination Agricultural Science

Education is a powerful tool and, when used correctly, it has the power to teach someone a new skill, transform his or her perspective, and encourage personal growth and development. Throughout this country, numerous agricultural education programs help students to learn more about and deepen their understanding of one of this nation’s most valuable industries: the agricultural industry. Most importantly, these programs play a major role in helping to combat the lack of

In Ethiopia, about 4.9 million acres of land is devoted to its production every year. From 2003-2005 production statistics indicated that tef accounted for about 29% of the land and 20% of the gross grain production of all major cereal cultivation in the country (National Research Council).

Biomes are appropriate conditions for organizing the natural world because the organisms that live in them common constellations of adaptations, particularly the climate of each of the areas and the characteristic vegetation types that develops in these divisions. It should be understood that the climate is perhaps the most important in determining classes of individuals who may live in an area and the ways they should be amended to live under different conditions of temperature and precipitation and seasonal distribution of these factors element. Every place on Earth has its own climate, influenced by both macroclimate regions as the particular microclimate. The soils are very important because they are essential to determine the types of plants that will grow into a bioclimatic zone in partical, in addition, also as substrates for animals serve. In turn, the soils are heavily influenced by regional climate, as well as the geology of the bedrock. At the same time we have to keep in mind the diversity of plants like the flora just like the diversity of the fauna as well as the adaptation of both.

In conjunction with the FFA Organization, agriscience educators help students conduct Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs). These experiences are based on student interest and designed to give the student an opportunity to build skills related to an agriscience career. One example of an SAE would be working with a mentor to learn about poultry or hay production. Project based learning happens every day in an ag classroom. Students gain knowledge and career skills related to welding, construction, and even electrical work by conducting hands-on learning activities guided by an agriscience educators. Project based learning is not new. It is a concept that agriscience education has built its foundation on.

The project identifies and analyse how the vegetation of the area can be influenced by soil composition and climate by performing first hand investigation such as analysing soil type and grain size. It’s also about the aspects of the local environment that have been affected by people and propose realistic solutions to the problems that exist.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.choosemyplate.gov/; National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture, Forestry and Soils: such as: farming and other rural enterprises, farm buildings, related land use and woodland planting, ancient woodlands;

Human societies since the beginning of time have probably committed more land to Agricultural production than for any other purpose. Demand for land especially for Agricultural production in many parts of the globe is on the increase. Studies have revealed that the rise in demand for food to feed the world’s teaming population, the increased demand for agricultural output to produce alternative energy, high agricultural product prices are amount other factors that have caused a surge in the demand for agricultural land globally.

As students enrolled in High School we are often attacked with a barrage of questions; “What field are you going into?”, “Are you ready for college?”, “What are you interested in?”, and many others. When we answer that “we aren’t quite sure yet”, we are told we don’t have much time. The truth is that we really don’t. Our four high school years pass by in a blink and before we know it we are registering for college. Deciding on your major can be an immense decision that will affect the career you go into. There are many fields one can study when considering that pertain to agriculture; learning about them, deciding which job is for you, and preparing now, are significant factors to contemplate.

The purpose of our agriculture program is to provide students with knowledge in varying agriculture fields, and discovering which fields most interests each student. To do this the student must apply themselves in the classroom, FFA,

Outside of the classroom, the school has an excellent agriculture land laboratory area. The land lab is 45 acres and consists of three pastures for cattle, a chicken coop, three green houses, two shade houses, hydroponic stackers, a cattle barn and pig pens. The foundations students are also given a designated area where they are able to grow vegetables in Earth Boxes, above ground planting containers.

This source is a useful source in understanding issues that a majority of agricultural education programs face. This source differs from the other sources within my bibliography because it deals with agriculture education as a whole and not just urban agriculture education programs. This source could be biased in that the definition of a quality student could differ from person to person but the problems identified are generally unbiased. “The purpose of this source was to identify workable solutions to problems experienced in recruiting students into secondary agricultural education

3. One management practice that can help to reduce the impact of cultivation on soil carbon on the Hotchkiss farm is the use of no-till farming. When no-till farming is used, the amount of water that infiltrates into the soil is increased and therefore organic matter retention is increased. No-till farming can help to sequester carbon via the storage of soil organic matter in the field’s soil. Since there is no tilling, the soil organic matter is not being broken down as quickly and therefore carbon is not being lost from the soil as

Erosion removes the surface soils, containing most of the organic matter, plant nutrients, and fine soil particles, which help to retain water and nutrients in the root zone where they are available to plants. Thus it affects the productivity of plants. The remaining, the subsoil, tends to be less fertile, less absorbent and less able to retain pesticides, fertilizers, and other plant nutrients. There are over 17,000 soil types recognized worldwide. They vary widely in structure, erodibility, fertility, and ability to produce crops. A generalized soil profile for a humid, temperate climate is showed. When the natural vegetation is cleared for agriculture, soils become exposed to erosion and loss of soil fertility. The removal of the above-ground natural

In the past few years Australia’s sunflowers production has especially grown. The sunflowers production has been able to create one to two million tonnes of oilseed crops each year. There are two major areas for sunflower production in Australia which are Queensland and New South Wales. There is also a growing industry growing in Western Australia. To create a full successful sunflower farm you need multiple machinery and equipment. There are nine peace’s of machinery and equipment that are needed for the sunflower which is Subsoiling, Field cultivator, Planter, No-till planter, Fertilizer spreader, Sprayer, Combine, Grain cart and Grain truck. Weeds affect sunflowers by slowing the growth rate down by stealing all of the sunflowers nutrients. The more weeds there are the slower the sunflower will grow. The weeds also will affect how much water the sunflower will get so it will affect the health of the plant. Weeds can cause the death of the flower. With the incising demand for sunflower, farmers have used more fertiliser to inhales the sunflower growth. The famers have used