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Forage Crops Production

Agriculture And Extension · Level 6  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: Sarah Chebet

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Chapters

1
Prepare planting materials
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2
Prepare crops seedbed
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3
Plant forage crops
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4
Manage forage crops
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5
Harvest forage crops
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6
Utilise forage crops
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What Forage Crops Production covers: 52 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Prepare planting materials

  1. 1.1 Types of forage crops
  2. 1.2 Calibration of planting materials preparation equipment
  3. 1.3 Planting materials preparation
  4. 1.4 Planting materials preparations tools and equipment
  5. 1.5 Treatment of planting materials
  6. 1.6 Principles of resource efficiency and conservation
  7. 1.7 Planting materials preparation records
  8. 1.8 principles of green records management
  9. 1.9 Prepare different types of planting materials
  10. 1.10 Green record keeping

2. Prepare crops seedbed

  1. 2.1 Crop seedbed preparation
  2. 2.2 Crop seedbed preparation tools and equipment’s
  3. 2.3 Land clearing
  4. 2.4 Soil sampling for testing
  5. 2.5 Interpretation soil testing results
  6. 2.6 Tillage operations
  7. 2.7 Principles of conservation agriculture
  8. 2.8 Soil conservation measures
  9. 2.9 Crop seedbed preparation records
  10. 2.10 Sample soil for testing
  11. 2.11 Soil and water conservation
  12. 2.12 Minimum tillage operations

3. Plant forage crops

  1. 3.1 Forage crops establishment
  2. 3.2 Forage crops establishment inputs
  3. 3.3 Forage crops establishment.
  4. 3.4 Forage crops establishment records
  5. 3.5 Forage crops establishment appropriate technologies
  6. 3.6 Maintain green planting records

4. Manage forage crops

  1. 4.1 Forage management
  2. 4.2 Forage crops management farm inputs
  3. 4.3 Forage crops management appropriate technologies
  4. 4.4 Forage crops field management practices
  5. 4.5 Forage crops management records
  6. 4.6 Practise crop management appropriate technologies
  7. 4.7 Maintain green forage crop management records

5. Harvest forage crops

  1. 5.1 Forage crops harvesting
  2. 5.2 Forage crops harvesting tools and equipment’s
  3. 5.3 Calibration of harvesting tools and equipment
  4. 5.4 Forage crops maturity indices
  5. 5.5 Forage crops harvesting appropriate technologies
  6. 5.6 Forage crop harvesting
  7. 5.7 Calibrate harvesting equipment and machinery
  8. 5.8 Apply appropriate harvesting technologies
  9. 5.9 Maintain green harvesting record

6. Utilise forage crops

  1. 6.1 Forage crops utilization
  2. 6.2 Forage crops conservation tools, equipment and machinery
  3. 6.3 Forage crops conservation
  4. 6.4 Forage crops utilization records
  5. 6.5 Hay making
  6. 6.6 Silage making
  7. 6.7 Standing forage
  8. 6.8 Maintain green forage conservation and utilization records

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