CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Establishing a nursery.
Nursery management practices.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To differentiate between a nursery and a seedbed.
To explain the importance of a nursery in crop propagation.
To enumerate factors considered when siting a nursery.
To identify important nursery management practices and state their significance.

Q/A and explanations.
Activity- Establishing a (vegetative) nursery / tea sleeves / sugarcane setts.
Expose new concepts e.g. hardening off.

School farm.

KLB BK II Pg 46-48

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Grafting.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:




To define grafting.
To describe methods of grafting.

Teacher demonstration/ illustration of whip grafting, side grafting, bark grafting.
Out - door activity: Students practise grafting.

Grafting tools.

KKLB BK II LB BK II
Pg 53-55

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Budding.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define budding.
To describe methods of budding.
To explain importance of grafting and budding.

Teacher demonstrations/ illustrations/ drawing diagrams.
Discussion: Types of budding.

budding tools

KLB BK II Pg 55-58

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Layering.
Tissue culture for crop propagation.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define layering.
To identify appropriate crops for layering.
To describe methods / types of layering.
To define tissue culture.
To describe the process of tissue culture.
To explain importance of tissue culture in crop propagation.

Teacher demonstrations/ Illustrations/ Drawing diagrams.
Out-door activity: Carrying out layering.
Teacher exposes new concepts.
Brief discussion on tissue culture.

school farm
Suitable crops.

KLB BK II Pg 58-60

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)

Transplanting crop seedlings.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the process of transferring seedlings from the nursery to the field.
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting crop seedlings.

Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.
Activity: Transplanting crop seedlings.

Suitable crops.

KLB BK II Pg 61-62

CROP PRODUCTION III (NURSERY PRACTICES)
CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Transplanting tree seedlings.
Crop rotation.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain management practices before, during and after transplanting tree seedlings.

To give the meaning of crop rotation.
To give examples of crop rotation cycles.

Q/A, Explanations and brief discussion.
Activity: Transplanting tree seedlings.
Q/A, brief illustrations of cycles of crop production.

Suitable seedlings.
Illustrative charts.

KLB BK II Pg 63

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Importance of crop rotation.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the importance of crop rotation.
To give examples of rotational programmes.

Brief discussion; with reference to rotational programmes.

Illustrative charts.

KLB BK II Pg 68-70

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Mulching.
Thinning, Gapping and Rouging.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define mulching.
To state advantages and disadvantages of mulching.
To explain importance of thinning, gapping and rouging.

Q/A
Brief discussion.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 71-72

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Pruning.
Pruning tea.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define pruning.
To give reasons for pruning.
To identify methods for pruning.
To identify tools used in pruning.
To describe methods of pruning tea.

Q/A
Detailed discussion.
Teacher demonstration: Correct and incorrect ways of pruning.
Teacher demonstration of formative pruning, pegging method, use of rings and pegs, use of fitos, tipping.
Probing questions and detailed discussion.

Secateurs, twigs, pruning saw, shears, e.t.c.
Tea bushes, fitos, pegs.

KLB BK II Pg 74-75

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Pruning coffee.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify specific aims of pruning coffee.
To describe various methods of pruning coffee.

Illustrative diagrams / Demonstrations on: single / multiple stem pruning, capping and de-suckering of coffee.
Probing questions and detailed discussion.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 80-84

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Training.
Weeds, crop pests and diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define training as a field practice.
To explain ways of training crops.
To define a weed, a pest, a disease, giving examples.
To identify causative agents of plant diseases.
To explain the importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

Expository approach: expose meaning of propping, trellising.
Q/A and discussion on importance of staking, earthing up.
Brief discussion.
Q/A and detailed discussion.
on importance of timely control of weeds, pests and diseases.

school farm

PKLB BK II g 85-86

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Timing of harvesting.
Methods of harvesting.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the stage and timing of harvesting of a crop.
To briefly describe methods of harvesting of specific crops.
To enumerate precautions observed during harvesting.

Discussion on factors considered when timing harvesting.
Give specific examples of methods and precautions observed.

education trip

KLB BK II Pg 88-89

CROP PRODUCTION IV (FIELD PRACTICES)

Post-harvest practices. Storage.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe various post-harvest practices and their importance.
To give characteristics of a good grain store (traditional / modern).

Probing questions and detailed discussion.

video

KLB BK II Pg 90-94

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Tomatoes Ecological requirement and varieties.
Nursery and field management.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe ecological requirements and varieties of tomatoes.
To identify tomato varieties.
To describe nursery management practices for establishment of tomato seedlings.
To describe field management practices for tomatoes.

Brief discussion and exposition.
Q/A and detailed discussion.

tomatoes
school farm

KLB BK II Pg 96-100

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Tomato pests and diseases.
Cabbages Ecology and varieties.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify tomato pests and diseases and methods of their control.
To describe ecological requirements for cabbages.
To identify cabbage varieties.

Detailed discussion of tomato pests and their economic importance.
Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.

Tomatoes attacked by various pests and diseases.

KLB BK II Pg 104-106

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Cabbages Establishment and management.
Carrots Ecology and varieties. Establishment and management.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe nursery management practices.
To describe field management practices for proper cabbage growth.
To describe ecological requirements for carrots.
To describe field management practices for proper carrots establishment..

Discuss importance of topdressing, weeding, controlling pests and diseases.
Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.

Cabbages attacked by some pests and diseases.
Carrots attacked by some pests and diseases.

KLB BK II Pg 107-9

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)

Onions Ecology and varieties.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe ecological requirements for onions.

Brief discussion and questioning.
Exposition.

KLB BK II Pg 111-3

CROP PRODUCTION V (VEGETABLES)
LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Establishment and management.
Introduction.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe nursery management practices.
To describe field management practices for proper onions growth.
To differentiate between health and disease.
To explain importance of keeping animals healthy.

Discuss important nursery and field practices.
Q/A: Health and disease; and their economic importance.

Onions attacked by some pests and diseases.

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Signs of good health.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain signs that help to identify a healthy animal.

Discussion: Physical appearance, physiological body functions and morphological conditions of the animal body.

different animals

KLB BK II Pg 116-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Predisposing factors of animal diseases. Causes of animal diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify and explain predisposing factors of animal diseases.

To describe causes of animal diseases.

Q/A & Detailed discussion.


Detailed description of nutritional causes, physical causes and chemical causes.

charts

KLB BK II Pg 119-120

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Bacterial animal diseases.
Viral animal diseases. Protozoan diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify bacterial diseases of livestock.
To list down viral diseases of livestock.
To list down protozoan diseases of livestock.

Detailed discussion of bacterial diseases and their control.
Detailed discussion of viral diseases and their control.
Detailed discussion of protozoan diseases and their control.

Chart: Bacterial diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: Viral diseases, causal organism and animals affected.
Chart: protozoan diseases, causal organism and animals affected.

KLB BK II Pg 122-124

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Management of diseases.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain general methods of diseases control.

Q/A: Control of nutritional diseases.
Discussion: Importance of proper housing, isolation / slaughtering of sick animals, imposition of quarantine, prophylaxis, vaccination, vector control, e.t.c.

student book

KLB BK II Pg 125-8

LIVESTOCK HEALTH I (ANIMAL HEALTH)

Handling livestock.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe appropriate methods of handling livestock.

Q/A: Handling of animals during treatment, milking, inspecting, e.t.c.
Discussion: Other activities necessitating proper handling of animals, i.e. drenching, injecting, controlling mastitis, hand spraying.
Q/A: Sites that should be sprayed with acarides.

school farm

KLB BK II Pg 129-131

LIVESTOCK HEALTH (PARASITES)

Effects of parasites on animals.
Tse-tse fly.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe host-parasite relationship.
To identify effects of parasites on livestock.
To describe parasitic effects of tse-tse fly.
To explain methods of control of tse-tse fly.

Q/A: Definition of a host, parasite.
Brief discussion and give specific examples.
Q/A: Disease transmitted by tse-tse fly; and methods of control of tse-tse fly.

illustrative charts
student book

KLB BK II Pg 133-4