LESSIONS

Teaching Load for Institute of Agricultural Knowledge for Practice

Introduction lessons: 2 days

·         Objectives of the training

·         Farming as a business

·         The importance of farming in global economy

·         What are the strategic roles and benefits of farmers?

Identification of high value horticultural (vegetable) crops: 2 weeks

·         Cabbages

·         Carrots

·         Irish potatoes

·         Onions

·         Tomatoes

·         Watermelon

·         Pineapples

·         Green (Hot) Pepper

·         Tangauzi (Ginger)

·         Many others to be identified by the trainee.

Identifying Livestock for training: 2 weeks

·         Dairy keeping (farming)

·         Piggery

·         Poultry

·         Goats

·         Rabbits

·         Others

Enterprises developments of crops (fruits) and animal products: 1 week

·         Value addition

·         Processing

·         Preservation

·         Packaging

·         Marketing

Practical work for crops production

·         Preparing seed beds (nurseries)

·         Planting seeds in the nursery bed

·         Caring for the seeds in the nurseries

·         Fertilizers to use for each crops

·         Agrochemicals to use where necessary

Transplanting seedlings to gardens

·         Preparation of the gardens

·         Steps and cares necessary for transplanting seedlings

·         How to take of seedlings to the gardens

·         Weeding the crops

·         Agrochemicals to use for each crop

·         Signs of maturity time for each crop

Harvesting and preservation of each crop

·         How to harvest mature crops

·         Storage of each crop

·         Packaging of each crop ready for markets