CGA1202 Annual Crops production

This module seeks to give learners knowledge on production of annual crops, importance and agronomic practices involved

Course objectives

• Define cereals, legumes, tuber, root and fibre crops
• Outline their economic importance
• Explain the distribution of each crop in Uganda
• Outline, describe and demonstrate the various Agronomic practices involved e.g seed bed preparation, planting, weeding, fertilizer application, pest and disease control methods, harvesting, threshing, storage and marketing

Learning outcomes

• Defining a cereal, legume, tuber, root and fibre crop
• Outlining their economic importance
• Describing the ecological requirement
• Explaining the distribution of each crop in Uganda
• Demonstrating seedbed preparation, planting, weeding, fertilizer application, methods of pest and disease control, including identifying pests and diseases of each crop, harvesting, processing and marketing