Tag: Crop Cultivation
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How to Cultivate Lettuce In Your Backyard Garden.
How to Cultivate Lettuce In Your Backyard Garden. Lettuce is a foreign leafy vegetable which is now commonly grown in Ghana. It is either eaten; raw, cooked in palava Source, or as a salad. Varieties of lettuce that can be grown in Ghana Cos or Romaine lettuce Leaf lettuce (var. crispa) Cabbage lettuce. Weather requirement…
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Coconut Farming, Best Practices in Ghana (West Africa)
Coconut Farming, Best Practices in Ghana (West Africa). The coconut palm, Coccus nucifera L., is one of the most beautiful and useful palms in the world. It provides a variety of useful products like food, fuel, and timber. Every part of the tree is being utilised for some purpose or other, and hence, it is…
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Best Post Planting Practices Involved in Crop Production (Cultural Practices).
Best Post Planting Practices Involved in Crop Production (Cultural Practices). When undertaking any kind of farming, there are various activities that you do to make sure that the crops or animals that you are keeping come out well. These activities or operations are known as cultural practices. Some of the cultural practices for crop production…
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Best Pre-Planting and Planting Activities In Crop Production.
Best Pre-Planting and Planting Activities In Crop Production. Principles of crop production are activities or farm operations that a farmer goes through at different times to achieve higher productivity. This can be divided into pre-planting, planting, and post-planting activities. The pre-planting and planting activities that farmers go through at different times to ensure higher productivity…
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How to Prevent Goats and Birds from Feeding on Your Crops/Seeds.
How to Prevent Goats and Birds from Feeding on Your Crops/Seeds. Goats are one of the stubborn domestic animals that disturb people in the community whenever they wish to have a small backyard garden. Sometimes, people resort to marking the fence, which may be expensive to afford by all. Even with the fence, some goats…
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How to Grow Okro (Hibiscus esculentus) for Maximum Yield and Harvest.
How to Grow Okro (Hibiscus esculentus) for Maximum Yield and Harvest. Okra is also referred to as okro, and it is an annual crop growing about 2 to 4 metres tall The botanical name is Hibiscus esculentus or Abelmoschus esculentus The fruits are called capsules. The common varieties are; The long finger-like variety The short,…
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A STEP-TO-STEP GUIDE TO HIGH-QUALITY COMPOST PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION.
A STEP-TO-STEP GUIDE TO HIGH-QUALITY COMPOST PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION. Composting is a biological, chemical, and physical, highly aerobic process that transforms large, bulky plants and animal manures into a homogenous, stable end product. That is: uniform, brown/black, crumbly in texture (slightly greasy), sweet-smelling, and particulate. Finished compost serve as a source of organic fertilizer for…
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BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR GROWING CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA) IN GHANA.
BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR GROWING CARROT (DAUCUS CAROTA) IN GHANA. Carrot is an erect biennial plant grown as an annual, characterized by a swollen orange to red taproot that varies in shape and size. Carrot is grown for their roots, which are generally orange or pinkish-red in colour. Varieties of carrots you can grow in Ghana…
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COWPEA AND GROUNDNUT FARMING IN GHANA (WEST AFRICA)
COWPEA AND GROUNDNUT FARMING IN GHANA (WEST AFRICA). Groundnut and cowpea are examples of leguminous crops that are grown in Ghana (West Africa). These crops are grown for commercial purposes and consumption. Leguminous crops have the following characteristics: The crop is a dicotyledonous plant. The crop belongs to the family Leguminosae. The crop produces smallish…
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