Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ABE 502 — Aquaculture and Agroponic Engineering

2 units · ABE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Students will after taking this course have the capacity to:
appreciate fish farming, the machinery involved and integration of fish farming aspect to the other crop and livestock enterprises on a farm
design mechanized fish ponds, conserve water, manage the wastes from the ponds
design and construct efficient fish drying kilns;
explain the benefits, practice and management of agroponic agriculture.

Course contents

Aquaculture: Types of fish ponds. Design and construction of fish ponds. Integrated fish farming. Water quality for fish farming. Water conservation. Machinery for fish farms. Pollution control. Ecological re-use and disposal of water. Product harvesting, sorting and processing. Design of fish kilns. Agroponics: Agroponic farming systems. Prospects of agroponic agriculture in Nigeria. Soil and water management in agroponic systems. Economics of agroponic systems. Modern aquaponics and hydroponics systems design and use. Practical content: Each student is expected to plant a yam seedling in a bag of sand and monitor its growth until harvest during the semester. Excursion: Visit to a commercial fish farm site or the university fish farm.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ABE 502.

ABE 502 — Aquaculture and Agroponic Engineering

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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