Importance and Uses of farm records

Subject :

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Term :

THIRD TERM

Week:

WEEK 10

Class :

Primary 5

Topic :

Importance and Uses of farm records

Previous lesson:

The pupils have previous knowledge of

that was taught as a topic in the previous lesson

Behavioural objectives :

At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

Instructional Materials:

Methods of Teaching:

Reference Materials:

Content :

Importance and Uses of farm records

Farm records are kept by farmers to ensure smooth running of day to day activities on the farm.

The following are the importance, Usefulness and benefits of keeping records by Farmers

It makes the farmer to plan for future planting activities as failure to plan is planning to fail
Record keeping gives the farmers a sense of the actual worth of things, produce and assets that are on the farm.
It makes it easy for the farmers to make both present decisions and future decisions
Recording keeping helps to plan, coordinate, organize, budget and account for things, crops and human on the farm
Record keeping helps farmer to compare this year yield with that of previous year
Record keeping helps the farmer to know if he or she is making a loss or a gain
The farm records that have been kept all this while by the farmers may be collected or gathered together to obtain loan or advances from banks
Record keeping helps the farmers to know the total sales and purchase that are made by the farm.

Presentation

The topic is presented step by step

Step 1:

The class teacher revises the previous topics

Step 2.

He introduces the new topic

Step 3:

The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise

Evaluation

What are farm records
Sales are recorded in the farm record that is know as _____
What are pests?
What are the three major classification of pests based on their mouth parts or mode of feeding?
Cockroach is an example of ___ pest (a) boring and chewing pest (b) piercing and sucking pest (c) Boring pest

Conclusion

The class teacher wraps up or concludes the lesson by giving out short notes to summarize the topic that he or she has just taught.

The class teacher also goes round to make sure that the notes are well copied or well written by the pupils.

He or she does the necessary corrections when and where the needs arise.