Agricultural Practices:Planting and post- planting operations | JSS2 Agriculture Science

Overview

Describe: - pre-planting, - planting, - post planting, - harvesting and - post harvesting operations Perform the various cultural practices above Explain the benefits of timely harvesting of crops

Lesson details

Class: JSS2
Subject: Agriculture Science
Theme: Processes Of Agricultural Production
Duration: 30:12

What you'll learn

Pre-planting operations:
- Choice of site
- Clearing
- Stumping
- Plotting
- Tilling/ ploughing, harrowing, ridging
- Seed selection
- Nursery and nursery practices
Planting operations:
- Seed treatment
- Spacing and planting
Post planting operations:
- Thinning
- Supplying
- mulching
- Manuring/
-fertilizer application
- Harvesting
Effects of timely harvesting versus late harvesting
Post-harvest operation:
- processing of crop into useable forms
- storage, etc

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