CROP 434 — Fruit and Vegetable Crops
Agriculture · University of Ghana
The fruit industry. Classification of fruit crops. Factors affecting fruit production. Establishment of an orchard: propagation and nursery practices and fruit crop management; fruit quality and marketing. Detailed knowledge of the botany. Physiology and production practices for citrus, banana, mango, avocado pear, cashew and pineapple. Minor fruit crops of Ghana. Importance of vegetables enterprises. Classification of vegetables. Factors affecting vegetables production in Ghana. The vegetable production process: site selection and soil preparation; fertilizers and plant nutrition; water sources; propagation practices; weed, pest and disease control. Vegetable cropping systems. General principles of harvesting, postharvest handling, marketing and storage of vegetables. Cultural practices involved in the production of major vegetable crops in Ghana. Research needs.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).