Range-land management.
Agricultural science S.S.S 2 Third Term
Week 4
Rangeland management.
Performance objective
Students should be able to:
- State the meaning of rangeland.
- List the importance of rangeland.
- State the characteristics of rangeland.
- Mention some grasses of livestock rangeland.
- State factors affecting the level of production of herbage.
Content
Meaning of Rangeland/Pasture
The term rangeland is used to describe a predominantly herbaceous plants community. It affords extensive grazing pasture for animals like cattle, sheep and goats.
Definition of Rangeland
Rangeland can be defined as an extensive area of land covered by grasses, legumes with some tree, shrubs and herbs where animals (ruminants) can graze or browse freely.
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- Environmental Physiology.
- Livestock management.
- Animal Nutrition
- Range-land management.
- Basic Economic Principles
- Agricultural Science SSS2 Third Term Mid-Term Assessment
- Test
- Factors of production.
- Principle of Demand.
- Principle of Supply.
- Implication of Demand and supply.
- Functions and problems faced by farm managers.
- Agricultural Science SSS2 Third Term Final Assessment
- Test
- Chapters 12
- Category SSS2
- Author ClassNotes Edu
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