WHAT IS LARGE SCALE FARMING AND PRODUCTION

Large scale farming can be termed as the practice of commercial agriculture for the purpose of selling and generating income from there. Large scale farming is always capital intensive. Large scale farming involves the use of machineries and high end farm implements and tools.

CHARACTERISTICSW OF LARGE SCALE FARMING

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
2. DISEASES
3. 52. SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS
4. ORGANIC MANURING
5. FARM YARD MANURE
6. HUMUS
7. COMPOST
8. CROP ROTATION
9. GRAZING AND OVER GRAZING
10. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
11. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
12. ORGANIC MANURING
13. FARM YARD MANURE
14. HUMUS
15. COMPOST
16. CROP ROTATION
17. GRAZING AND OVER GRAZING
18. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
19. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
20. INCUBATORS
21. MILKING MACHINE
22. SIMPLE FARM TOOLS
23. AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION
24. THE CONCEPT OF MECHANIZATION
25. PROBLEMS OF MECHANIZATION
26. SURVEYING AND PLANNING OF FARMSTEAD
27. IMPORTANCE OF FARM SURVEY

28. SURVEY EQUIPMENT
29. PRINCIPLES OF FARM OUTLAY
30. SUMMARY OF FARM SURVEYING
31. CROP HUSBANDRY PRACTICES
32. PESTS AND DISEASE OF MAIZE- ZEA MAYS
33. CULTIVATION OF MAIZE CROP
34. OIL PALM
35. USES OF PALM OIL
36. MAINTENANCE OF PALM PLANTATION
37. COCOA
38.
39. PROCESSES IN COCOA CULTIVATION
HOLING AND LINING

40. YAM
41. LAND PREPARATION FOR YAM
42. DEPT OF PLANTING
43. SPACING OF YAM
44. PLANTING DEPT OF YAM
45. STORAGE OF YAM
46. STAKING OF YAM
47. HARVESTING OF YAM
48. COWPEA
JUTE
49. FORAGE CROP AND PASTURE
50. FORAGE GRASSES
51. SILAGE
52. PASTURE
53. TYPES OF PASTURE
COMMON GRASSES AND LEGUMES
54. GRASSES
55. LEGUMES
56. ESTABLISHMENT OF PASTURES
57. 201. FORAGE PRESERVATION
58. HAY SILAGE
59. FORESTRY IMPORTANCE OF FORESTRY 206. FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST REGULATION DEFORESTATION AFFORESTATION
60. DISEASES AND PESTS OF CROPS
61. MAIZE SMUT
62. RICE BLAST
63. MAIZE RUST
64. LEAF SPOT OF GROUNDNUT
65. COW-PEA MOSAIC
66. COCOA BLACK POD DISEASE
67. COFFEE RUST
68. CASSAVA BACTERIA BLIGHT
69. BLACK ARM BACTERIA BLIGHT OF COTTON
70. TOMATO ROOT KNOT
71. DAMPING-OFF OF TOMATO
72. ONION DOWNY MILDEW
73. STORED PRODUCE MOULD
74. PESTS OF CROPS
75. STEM BORERS
76. ARMY WORM
77. COCOA MIRIDS(CAPSIDS)
78. APHIDS
79. WHITE FLY SEED BUGS
80. CASSAVA CULTIVATION
81. CASSAVA MEALYBUGS
82. VARIEGATED GRASSHOPPER
83. GREEN SPIDER MITE
84. COTTON STAINER
85. COTTON
86. BEAN BEETLE
87. RICE WEEVILS
88. . PROBLEMS WITH PESTS CONTROL
89. CROP IMPROVEMENT
90. PROCESS OF CROP IMPROVEMENT METHODS OF CROP IMPROVEMENT
91. HYBRIDIZATION OF CROPS
92. ANIMAL PRODUCTION
93. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF ANIMALS
94. THE LARGE AND SMALL INTESTINE
95. RUMINANT ANIMALS
96. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
97. THE NEURONS
98. A SYNAPSE ACTION IMPULSE REFLEX ACTION VOLUNTARY ACTION
99. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
100. PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
101. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
102. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF BIRDS
103. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
104. THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION
105. THE HEART
106. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
107. THE TRACHEA INSPIRATION THE EXPIRATION THE DIAPHRAGM
108. HEAT PERIODS OESTROUS CYCLE
109. MATING
110. PARTURITION
111. MAMMARY GLAND
112. LACTATION
113. EGG FORMATION IN POULTRY
114. LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT
115. MANAGEMENT OF GOATS
116. REPRODUCTION IN GOAT
117. POULTRY
118. POULTRY MANAGEMENT
119. BATTERY CAGE SYSTEM
120. INTENSIVE SYSTEM
121. . SEMI-INTENSIVE EXTENSIVE SYSTEM
PROODING AND REARING IN POULTRY
122. POULTRY SANITATION
123. ANIMAL NUTRITION
124. RATION
125. CONCENTRATE
126. ROUGHAGE
127. NUTRIENT SOURCES AND FUNCTIONS
128. CARBOHYDRATES
129. PROTEIN FATS
130. MINERALS
131. VITAMINS
132. FEEDING MECHANISMS IN HOLOZOIC ORGANISMS
133. TYPES OF DIETS
134. FATTENING OR FINISHING DIETS
135. LAYER DIETS
136. BALANCED DIETS
137. LACTATION DIETS
138. MALNUTRITION
139. DISEASE, CAUSES, SYMPTOM CORRECTION
140. RANGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
141. LIVESTOCK DISEASES
142. VIRAL DISEASES
143. RINDER PESTS
144. NEWCASTLE DISEASE
145. BACTERIA DISEASES
146. ANTHRAX
147. BRUCELLOSIS
148. TUBERCULOSIS
149. FUNGAL DISEASES

150. PROTOZOAN DISEASES
151. TRYPONOSOMIASIS
152. COCCIDIOSIS
153. RED WATER FEVER(PIROPLASMOSIS)
154. ENDO PARASITES
155. TAPE WORM
156. ROUND WORM OF PIGS
157. LIVER FLUKE
158. ECTO PARASITES
159. TICK
160. LICE

PROBLEMS OF LARGE SCALE FARMING

1. Lack of access to good road.
2. Illiteracy
3. Poor or lack of access to quality and improved varieties of crops.
4. Lack access to competitive markets
5. Large scale farming can be affected by disease or epidemic break out.
6. Lack of access to cheap fertilizers.
7. Lack of access to the right inputs and professionals
8. Lack of access to funds, like loans, grants from government and bank credits
9. Large scale farming faces the problem of land tenure system

IMPORTANCE OF LARGE SCALE FARMING

1. Large scale farming helps to increase national foreign exchange.
2. Large farming creates employments for the teaming youths and graduates from around the world.
3. Large scale farming helps to generate income for the farmer and his household

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