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Food and nutrition security

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Food security is when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life.

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Principles of Cooperatives

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  1. Open membership
  2. Democratic control
  3. Limited interest share capital
  4. Patronage refund
  5. Continuous education
  6. Cooperation among cooperatives
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Types of Cooperatives

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  1. Agricultural cooperative societies
  2. Agricultural credit societies
  3. Credit unions
  4. Consumer cooperatives
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Benefits by forming a cooperative

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  1. Help small farmers to remain in business
  2. Allow farmers to learn business method
  3. Ensure gov’t support given to small farmers is properly channelled and not squandered
  4. Attend to the needs of members by providing assistance in marketing, supplies credit, technical advice
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Conditions necessary for the germination of seeds

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W- water
O- oxygen
W- warmth

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Water

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Causes seed to swell splitting the testa and allowing cells to take up water

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Oxygen

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Needed for respiration to release energy

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Warmth

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Temp speed up enzyme, activity and growth

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Phototropism

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Growth movement by a plant moving towards light/sunlight

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Nitrogen nutrients- N

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Nitrogen is in charge of the production of leafy crops

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Phosphate nutrients -P

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Is in charge of the production of root crops

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Potassium nutrients -K

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Is in charge of the production of flowering

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Weed

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A plant grown where not wanted

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Weed benefit

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Provides ground cover to prevent soil erosion

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FCR

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Food conversation ratio
The quantity of food required by the animal to produce a unit gain in weight. The FCR is a good indicator to farmers as what they produce, the lower the better

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Formula for FCR

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Total weight of food eaten kg ÷ Total weight gain kg

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Cannibalism

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Layer of birds peck feathers, combs and vents of each other

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Crossbreeding

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Mating of unrelated animals of the same species

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Inbreeding

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Mating of relative animals of the same species

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Factors of production

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Land
Labor
Capital
Management

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Verterinarian

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A person who treats diseases in livestock

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Extension officer

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A person who advises farmers on crop and livestock management

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