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Nigeria Agriculture

Author: ZO AMOO, SO Akinleye, Grace Jorktang, KAA Lawal, TO Ishola

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: CRD122

Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Development, Nigeria Agriculture, Lands Use System, Farming, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Production, Agricultural CoOperatives, Agricultural Development Policy

Introduction to General Agriculture 2

Author: AD Adeleye

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: COP112, COP116

Topics: Agricultural Cooperatives, Agricultural Development Policy, Agricultural Development Planning, Agricultural Development Programmes, Integrated Rural Development, Agricultural Credit, Agriculture Credit Cooperatives, Agricultural Credit, Agricultural Marketing, Marketing Institution, Co-operative Marketing Organisations, Food Processing Cooperatives, Agriculture Products, Agricultural Produce, Storage, Pasture, Forage, Cash Crops, Cocoa, Oil Palm, Fertilizer, Manure, Livestock Farming, Poultry, Livestock Farming, Cattle Production, Livestock Farming

Youth Organisation in Agriculture

Author: Grace Modupe Adebo

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEM246

Topics: Youth Organisation, Young Farmers Club, Types of Youth Organisations in Agriculture, Youth Alliance of Nigeria, Children-in Agriculture Programme, Line Settlement Pattern

Teaching Vocational Agriculture, in School

Author: Nicodemus Ochani Agbulu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGE421

Topics: Teaching Vocational Agriculture, Preparing Teaching Plans, school farm, school farm management, Record Keeping, Developing Agricultural Education Programs, policy making, Teaching Environmental Agriculture, Eco-Protection, Soil Conservation Technologies Farm-Level Application

General Agriculture 1

Author: NE Mundi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: COP721

Topics: Agriculture, Land use, land tenure system, crop production, crop plants classification, Pasture, Forage Crops, agriculture production soils, farm animals production, ruminants, cattle management system, farm animal production, pigs production, poultry production, poultry management, chicks management, broilers management, cockerels management, layers management, Agricultural Extension Services, forest production, wildlife production, fish production

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

Introduction to General Agriculture 1

Author: AD Adeleye

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: COP113

Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Development, Land Use System, Farming, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Extension Service, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Production, Food Crops, soil, Vegetable Crops, Root Crops

Agriculture Cooperatives

Author: DI Mai-Lafia, AI Obaka

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: COP215, CRD413

Topics: Agriculture Cooperatives, Agricultural Co-Operatives, Agricultural Development, Service Co-Operatives, Agro Co-Operative Credits, Agricultural Produce, Agricultural Insurance, Nigerian Agricultural Co-Operative Promotion

Forages, Volume 2 The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th edition

Author: Kenneth Moore, Michael Collins, Jerry Nelson, Daren Redfearn

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP304

Topics: Forages, Grassland Agriculture, grass morphology, legume structure, legume morphology, carbon metabolism, Mineral Nutrient Acquisition, Metabolism, forage ecology, Climate, Climate-Change, Forage Adaptation, Plant Interactions, Plant-Herbivore Interactions, forage species, forbs, forage systems, forage production, forage management, Fertilization, Nutrient Management, Irrigation, Water Management, weed management, insect management, forage improvement, forage breeding, seed production, forage quality, Digestibility, plant chemistry, Predicting Forage Quality, Post-Harvest Physiology, forage harvesting, forage utilization, hay storage, silage production, biomass, pasture management, pasture design, grazing management, Grazing Animal Nutrition, Grazing Animal Behavior, Forage-Induced Animal Disorders, Grazing Systems, grazing strategies

Analytical Techniques In Agriculture

Author: Sunday Nathaniel Obasi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR503

Topics: Analytical Techniques In Agriculture, safety quality, precision, accuracy, Animal Feed Sample Analysis, Soil Samples Analysis, Plant Sampling, soil sampling, soil sample preparation, microscopy, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, High-performance liquid chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gel Electrophoresis, Hematology, Serum Biochemistry, Sample Conservation, sample Preservation, Cryopreservation

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