Importance of Agriculture

Agricultural Science JSS1 First Term

WEEK 2

Importance of Agriculture

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

1. List the importance of Agriculture

      2. Explain any two importance of Agriculture

Content

The most essential purpose of agriculture to the society is that it supplies its basic requirements in terms of food, clothing and shelter, health, social, cultural and religious activities. The following are the importance of agriculture to humans and society at large.

1. Source of food

2. Source of employment opportunities

3. Provision of Clothing:

4. Provision of  Materials for Shelter

5. Provision of Income to Farmers

6. Provision of Foreign Exchange

7. Provision of Recreation and Sport

8. Provision of Transport

9. Source of Medicine

10. Rural…