AGRICULTURE SCHEMES OF WORK

FORM 1 TERM 1

WK / TOPIC / SUBTOPIC/CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / REFERENCE / REMARKS
5 / REPORTING AND ORIENTATION
6 / Introduction to agriculture / -definition of agriculture & it’s branches.
  • Crop farming
(i)- field crops
(ii) –horticulture
.livestock farming
(i) pastoralism
(ii) fish farming
(iii) apiculture
(iv) poultry keeping
.agriculture economics
.agriculture engineering / By the end of the topic the learner should be able to :-
(i) Define the term`Agriculture’.
(ii) Give at least four branches of Agriculture.
(iii) Discuss what is entailed in these branches of agriculture. / (1) Sec Agric. Form 1 by K.I.E pg 1-3
(2) Topmark Agric. By cheruyot & Sitienel pg 1
(3) Certificate Agric. by Nyanjom pg 1-3
7 /
  • SYSTEMS OF FARMING
-Extensive
-Intensive
- large scale
-small scale farming / By the end of the sub-topic the learner should be able to :-
(i) Define farming systems.
(ii) List down at least four factors that determine the choice of farming systems.
(iii) Give at least five systems of farming in Kenya. / (1) Sec Agric. Form 1 PB by K.I.E pg 7
(2) TopmarkAgric. By cheruyot pg 1
(3) Certificate Agric. by Nyanjom pg 5-7
Introduction to agriculture /
  • . METHODS OF FARMING.
-mixed farming
- Nomadic pastoralism.
-shifting cultivation.
-organic farming.
-Agro forestry. / By the end of the subtopic the learner should be able to :-
(i) List down at least five methods of farming.
(ii) Give at least five advantages and five disadvantages of each of these methods of
farming and their meaning / (1) Sec Agric. Form 1 PB by K.I.E pg 8-9
(2) Certificate Agric. by Nyanjom pg 7-10
8 / INTRODUCTION TO agriculture / ROLE OF AGRICULTURE TO THE KENYAN ECONOMY.
  • Food supply
  • Source of employment.
  • Foreign exchange earner.
  • Source of raw materials for industries.
  • Provision of market for industrial goods.
  • Source of capital.
/ By the end of the subtopic, the learner should be able to:
(i) State at least four roles played by Agriculture to the economy of Kenya.
(ii) Describe the contribution that farmers make to the national economy. / Sec. Agric.BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg. 4-5.
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom pg. 3-4
Factors
Influencing
Agriculture /
  • HUMAN FACTORS
  • BIOTIC FACTORS
/ By the end of the subtopics , the learner should be able to:-
(i) Explain the human factors influencing Agriculture.
(ii) Explain at least four biotic factors influencing Agriculture. / Sec. Agric.BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg. 15
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom(PB) pg. 11-12 Pg 20.
9 / Factors
Influencing
Agric. / CLIMATIC FACTORS
  • Rainfall
  • Wind
  • Temperature
  • light
/ By the end of the subtopic the learner should be able to :
(i) Explain at least three climatic factors that influence Agriculture.
(ii) Discuss these factors with respect to:
-land potentiality.
- crop production
- Livestock production.
- Crops and livestock.
Distribution in Kenya. / Sec. Agric. BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg 10 -13
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom(PB) pg. 13-20
10 / Factors
Influencing
Agric. / EDAPHIC FACTORS
- Definition of soil
- soil formation
- soil profile
- Definition
-characteristics of different soil
layers.
- Difference between soil formed in situ and depositions.
- soil depth and influence on crops production
- Soil constituents.
- Importance of each constituent. / By the end of the sub-topic , the learner should be able to:
(i) Describe the effects of edaphic factors
on crop and livestock production.
(ii) Give the difference between soil formed in situ and depositions.
(iii) Explain how soil depth influence crop production.
(v) Give at least three importance of each of the soil constituents. / Sec. Agric. BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg 14
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom(PB) pg. 21-35
11 / Factors influencing
Agriculture / Edaphic factors
  • Physical properties of soil.
(i) Soil structure. / By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to :-
(i) Define soil structure.
(ii) Give at least four soil structures. / Sec. Agric. BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg 38 - 41
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom(PB) pg. 40 - 43
12 / Factors influencing
Agriculture / -Soil Texture
  • Drainage
  • Water retention capacity.
- Chemical properties of soil.
  • Soil PH
  • PH influence on crop growth & production.
  • Effects of PH on mineral availability.
/ (iii) Explain the chemical properties of
Soils.
(iv) Relate crop and livestock distribution to soils in different regions of Kenya / Sec. Agric. BK 1 by K.I.E (PB) pg 48-49
Certificate Agric. BK 1 by Nyanjom(PB) pg. 39,43-44
13 / EXAMS AND CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL.