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PROBLEMS OF FARM MANAGER Problems which a farm manager may face during the course of discharging his duties include: Inadequate Information: He may lack information on where to buy farm inputs, or acquire information on new innovations, current prices of farm produce, etc. Problems of Marketing: He may not know how and where to sell …
Farm manager is one who co-ordinates, organizes and controls the use of other factors of production to produce goods and services. In other words, the work of management is carried out by a farm manager. Decision and duties such as when to produce, what to produce, type of production, supervision of work, recruitment of workers, …
Management refers to the organization, coordination and control of all factors of production to ensure that the goals of the farm enterprise are met. The goals of any farm enterprise includes Making profit Reducing production cost Providing quality produce (finished or raw) Increase consumer base FEATURES OF MANAGEMENT The following are the features or …
Capital includes all man-made productive assets which are used in production. It in most cases is referred to as money used to start up and keep running a farming venture.It is broadly divided into fixed ad working (variable) capital. TYPES OF CAPITAL Fixed Capital These are capital or assets purchased for continuous use in …
Labour includes all forms of productive human efforts put into or utilized in production. It also refers to man’s mental and physical exertions generated to aid the process of production. FEATURES OF LABOUR it is mobile it feelings and cannot be used anyhow. the unit of labour is man-hours or man-days. the reward of labour …
Production is rhe process of combining and converting input to give rise to output. This process is aided by Land, Labour, Capital and Management (Entrepreneurship) all otherwise referred to as factors of production. So therefore factors of production are the resources that ensure the production of goods in agriculture. Land refers to where productive …
Methods of weed/pest Control Weed control involves removal and preventing weeds from spreading quickly and causing damage to cultivated crops. Some very common methods of weed control are: PhysicalControl: These involve picking of weeds and insects from the crop/animal by hand. It is called Hand picking. It is most useful for large insects like …
A pest is any living organism (plant or animal) which can cause damage to cultivated crops, farm animals and humans. Classification of animal pests Animal pest can be classified as Insect Pest- Insect pest are animals without backbones and they belong to the group of animals called Arthropods. Arthropods is a very large group of …
DEFINITION OF WEED Weed is any plant which is not cultivated and is growing where it is not wanted. Such a plant istherefore a nuisance to the farmer. Examples; commelina, goat weed or the common water leaf(Talinum triangulare) growing in a cassava field. Types of Weeds according to lifecycle Annual weed: They grow and …
Pig Rabbit Poultry Pig (Susdomesticus) They are the most productive of all commonly reared farm animals producing from 8 – 16 piglets per litter. Characteristics of Rabbits They possess snout (modified nose) They have long droopy/erect ears They possess short curly tail They do not have sweat pore. They are highly prolific animals farrowing u …