COURSE CODE: AGE 501
COURSE TITLE: Farm Machinery 1
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr Alex Folami Adisa
E-mail: alexadisa@yahoo.co.uk
Office Location: College of Engineering Building
Other Lecturers: Nil
COURSE CONTENT:
Short review of the development of mechanization in various branches of agriculture. Types of farm machinery and their field management requirements. Machine performance, costs of machine use. Farm cultural operations: clearing, tillage, planting, cultivation, fertilizer and insecticide application, harvesting. Land levelling and earth moving. Safe operation of agricultural machinery. Selection of machinery to suit the performance requirement of various agricultural operations and Nigeria conditions.
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