Agricultural Science

• Agriculture


  The rearing of plants and animals
• Food Security ensures that food is provided for the population at all times
• Employment


  • Providing jobs for persons
  • Allows persons to earn an income to sustain themselves and their families
• Importance of Agriculture


  • Provides food for families
  • Contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • Generates foreign exchange through sale of agricultural products to other countries
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)


  The total value of all goods and services in a country
• How agriculture contributes to GDP

  1. Creating goods and services that have value (e.g. agricultural products, specialized services)

  2. Generating foreign exchange through sale of agricultural products to other countries
• Irrigation


  To water plants
• Plants can be used for

  • Medicinal properties
  • Purifying air/pollution
  • Food
  • Habitats for wildlife
• Animals can be used for

  • Sporting or recreational activities
  • Raw materials
• Careers in Agriculture


  • Labourers
  • Farmers
• Labourers


  Involved in placing fertilizing, basic and planting, takes care of animals
• Farmers


  Cultivates land, rears animals, employs labourers
• Qualification needed for Farmers is basic knowledge of Record Keeping, CVQ or CSEC passes in Agriculture
• Careers in Agriculture


  • Farmer
  • Butcher
  • Veterinarian
  • Agronomist
  • Horticulturist
  • Entomologist
  • Plant Pathologist
  • Apiarist
• Farmer


  A person who rears plants and animals
• Butcher


  A person who kills animals and processes their carcasses or bodies to consumers
• Veterinarian


  A person who takes care of sick animals
• Agronomist


  A person specialized in growing crops
• Horticulturist


  A person who specializes in growing ornamental plants
• Entomologist


  A person specialized in identifying and controlling insects
• Plant Pathologist


  A person specialized in identifying and controlling plant diseases
• Apiarist


  A person who specializes in bee production
• Seedling Maintenance

  1. Irrigation - Watering regularly using a watering can with a fine rose

  2. Weed Control - Uprooting weeds to prevent competition for water, nutrients, space and sunlight

  3. Pest Control - Inspecting seedlings regularly and using appropriate pesticides for insects, mites, fungus, bacteria
• Damping off


  A common disease in seedlings caused by a fungus, where the stems of the seedling are weakened and the plant topples over
• Fertilizers


  • Inorganic (Synthetic) and organic (Manure) fertilizers are applied to the seedlings to provide nutrients for plant growth
• Soil Aeration


  Breaking the soil surface to aerate the soil, allowing water and nutrients to enter more easily and helping prevent diseases like "Damping off"
• Plant Commodities Prolonged In Agriculture (Crop)

  • Hot peppers
  • Sweet peppers
  • Tomatoes
  • Melangene
  • Pumpkin
  • Cucumber
  • Watermelon
  • Dasheen
  • Cassava
  • Potato
  • Peas
  • Red Beans
  • Lentils
  • Wheat
  • Saya bean
  • Pineapple
• Plant Commodities Prolonged In Agriculture. (Manufactured product)

  • Pepper Sauce
  • Salads
  • Tomato paste, ketchup, chones
  • Salad, chow, picules
  • Juice
  • Fries, Flour
  • Fries, Dehydrated flanes
  • Split peas powder
  • Bean paste
  • Burger patties
  • Flour, pasta
  • Oil, Vegetarian chunns
  • Juice Preserves, chow
  • Flour, Corn Planes
  • Juice, Ice cream
• Other Agricultural Products

  • Pineapple
  • Corn
  • Passion fruit
  • Barbudine
  • Carrots
  • Chives
  • Celery
  • Parslo
  • Chalon beni
• (Manufactured Products) Plant Commodities Prolonged In Agriculture

  • Juice, Ice cream
  • Juice, Ice cream,
  • Cane, preserved, Juic
  • Ground Seasoning
  • Ground Seasoning
  • Ground Seasoning
  • Ground seasoning
  • Onion paste
  • Garlic paste
• Tree Crops


  • Mangoes
  • Paw Paw
  • Citrus
  • Cocoa
  • Apples
  • Pomerac
  • Pommecythere
  • Plum
  • Gauva
  • Coconut
  • tamarind
  • Cashews
  • Sour Cherry
  • Soursop
  • Bread fruit
• Manufactured Products from Tree Crops


  • Preserves, chow, Juices
  • Preserves, chow, ketchup
  • Preserves, Juices, chow
  • Wine, chocolate, tea, Ice cream
  • tea, icecream, suin cave-products
  • Juices
  • chow
  • chow, preserves, pepper Sauce
  • chow, preserves
  • Juices, preserves
  • Water, Milk, ice cream
  • Juice, Tamarind Sauce
  • Wine, nuts
  • Preserves
  • Juice, ice cream
  • Flour
• Plant Commodities Prolonged In Agriculture (Crops)

  • Hot peppers
  • Sweet peppers
  • Tomatoes
  • Melangene(Eggplant,Bigan)
  • Pumpkin
  • Cucumber
  • Watermelon
  • Dasheen
  • Cassava
  • Potato
  • Peas
  • Red Beans
  • Lentils
  • Wheat
  • Soya bean
  • Pineapple
• Manufactured products


  • Pepper Sauce
  • Salads
  • Tomato paste, ketchup, chonas
  • Salad, chow, picules
  • Juice
  • Fries, Flour
  • Fries, Dehydrated flanes
  • Split peas powder
  • Bean paste
  • Burger patties
  • Flour, pasta
  • Oil, Vegetarian chunks
  • Juice Preserves, chow
  • Flour, Corn Planes
  • Juice, Ice cream
  • Juice, Ice cream
  • Cane, preserved, Juia
• Other crops


  • Corn
  • Passion fruit
  • Barbudine
  • Carrots
  • Chiver
  • rice, Ice cream
  • Juice, Ice cream
  • Cane, preserved, Juia
• Ground Seasoning

  • Onion paste
  • Celery
  • Parsley
  • chaden beni
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Garlic paste
• Tree crops

  • Mangoes
  • Paw Paw
  • Citrus
  • Cocoa
  • Apples
  • Pomerac
  • Pommecythere
  • Plum
  • Gauva
  • Coconut
  • tamarind
  • Cashew
  • Sour Cherry
  • Soursop
  • Bread fruit
• Manufactured Products

  • Preserves, claw, Juices
  • Preserves, chow, ketchup
  • Preserves, Juices, chew
  • Wine, chocolate, tea, Ice cream
  • tea, icecream, suin cave-products
  • Juices
  • chow
  • chow, preserves, pepper Sauce
  • chow, preserves
  • Juices, preserves
  • Water, Milk, ice cream
  • Juice, Tamarind sauce
  • Wine, nuts
  • Preserves
  • Juice, ice
• Animal Commodities produced in Agriculture

  • Cattle
  • Sheep
  • Pig
  • Rabbit
  • Chicken
  • Duck
• Cattle


  • Male: Bull
  • Female: Cow/Heifer
  • Young: Calf
  • Products: Chevon, Milk, Leather, Manure