COURSE OVERVIEW

Welcome to the unit principles of crop production

This unit entails land preparation, propagation and planting, soil moisture management, management of pest and diseases and weeds, crop nutrition management, harvesting and post harvest handling.

Horticulture is an agricultural course that entails crops that require profound care in planting, carrying out intercultural operations,manipulation of growth, harvesting,packaging,marketing,storage and processing.However,horticulture has much to offer by way of mitigation of environment devastation.