agriculture_ict lesson plan
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Lesson objectives
1. State the conditions required for Plantation Agriculture and High Technology farming.
2. Describe and explain the process of Plantation Agriculture and High -Technology farming.
3. List the outputs for Plantation Agriculture and High – Technology farming.
Conditions for farming
Plantation Agriculture eg Malaysia
High-Technology farming eg Singapore
Sunlight/ Rainfall High temperature , high rainfall, high humidity e.g. tropical countries like Thailand, Malaysia, India
Relief Flat and large land area Flat and small land area
Soil Fertile Soiless / Soil
Fertiliser Chemical fertiliser Organic fertiliser
Tools Intermediate High technology
Capital High Higher
Seeds High Yielding Variety High Yielding Variety
Pesticides / Herbicides
Yes Yes & No (Organic)
Labour A lot of hired laborers to operate machineries
Educated & skilled workers to operate computers
DefinitionThe use of modern science and technology to obtain high quantity
and high quality outputs.
Characteristics Usually take place around densely populated urban areas where
land is limited and costly.
High-technology - using machines, refrigerated vehicles, computers and Research & Development to raise production
Uses Chemical fertilizers - adding essential nutrients for crops to grow well and fast
Utilizes Irrigation - supplying water to the crops through automated sprinklers at regular intervals
Hydroponics – plants are grown in a trough filled with a nutrient solution instead of soil. The solution is added by using a computer with timings.
Aeroponics – roots of the plants are suspended in the air and nutrient solution is sprayed onto the roots at preset intervals.
Aeroponics
Automated sprinklers Greenhouse with netting
Hydroponics
Spraying pesticides using aircraft
Spotlight to speed up growing process
Outputs of High-Technology farming
1. Organic & healthier vegetables
2. Orchids farm
3. Fish farm
Definition
Commercial cultivation of cash crops (normally monocrop) on large estates of more than 40ha under favourable climatic conditions
Requires high annual rainfall and high annual temperature
Found in the tropical regions in Asia, South America and Africa
1) Germination (grow)
~ in small plastic bags in pre-nursery beds
2) Transplanting
~ after 8 weeks/ 2 months
~ seedlings transplanted to nursery
~ irrigation & weeding – done manually
3) Growing in main fields
~ after 9 months
~ seedlings arranged in rows
~ growing cover crops between rows of oil palm eg. Legumes to prevent soil erosion
~ weeding & adding fertilisers
4) Harvesting
~ after the 3rd or 4th year – bear 1st fruits
~ harvest once in 10 days (10-20 years – perennial crops)
~ use a chisel fitted to a wooden pole
Processes - Growing oil palm
The oil palm fruit
Using a long-handled chisel to remove the
fruits
Refinery of palm oilAt the Processing
Factory
Oil Palm Plantation Tea Plantation
Outputs of oil palm plantation
1. oil palm fruit
2. crude palm oil (raw materials for soap, margarine, cooking oil)
3. palm kernal oil
4. palm kernal cake - made into animal feed