Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

CPS 407 — Irrigation Practices in Crop Production

CPS department course · Nigerian universities

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

• The course equips the learner for irrigation as an alternative to rain-fed agriculture; and
• It convinces the learner of the possibility of an all-year round crop production

Course contents

Forms of irrigation; costs and profitability of irrigation; application of irrigation to different crops. Soil-water-plant-atmosphere relationship; assessment of water requirements for crops including meteorological approach and critical growth stages for water of different field crops; scheduling irrigation for the major crops; time of…

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study CPS 407.

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• CPS 205 · Principles of Crop Physiology
• CPS 301 · Arable Crops Production
• CPS 302 · Permanent Crops Production
• CPS 303 · Crop Pests and Diseases
• CPS 304 · Crop Genetics and Breeding
• CPS 305 · Farm mechanization Practices
• CPS 306 · Crop Processing and Storage
• CPS 307 · Vegetable and Orchard Crops Management
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• CPS 402 · Seed Production Technology
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