Course Number: AG110
Course Title: Crop Production

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

Students should be able to:

1. Analyze the land available and select the best land for crop production;
2. Understand and explain how to propagate the common food crops in the field;
3. Decide and explain the type of cropping systems to use; and
4. Successfully grow and manage any of the food crops covered in the course and be able to obtain good yields.

Specific

Students should be able to:

 1. Identify the properties of land that are good for crop production.
 2. Demonstrate an ability to carry out successful land clearing techniques.
 3. Demonstrate an understanding of how to successfully make and manage a nursery.
 4. Identify vegetable crops that are commonly planted by farmers in the FSM by their common and scientific names.
 5. Know and be able to explain how to propagate the different aroids in the field.
 6. List some of the diseases and pests of the different aroids.
 7. Explain the importance of tubers crops to the FSM people.
 8. Demonstrate an understanding of how to propagate tubers crops.
 9. Discuss why legumes are important crops in the FSM region.
10. List the problems associated with growing these legumes in the region.