General Agriculture by MAK Smith PDF free download

MAK Smith General Agriculture PDF, was published in 2018 and uploaded for 200-level Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine students of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), offering AGR201 course. This ebook can be downloaded for FREE online on this page.

General Agriculture ebook can be used to learn Land Tenure, crop classes, Tropical Agricultural Systems, Crop Production, crop propagation, Animal Husbandry, farm animals classes, Farm Animals distribution, Livestock Management Systems, Livestock Management, Fisheries, Fish Production, Aquaculture, Sustainable Forest Management, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Ecotourism.

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