Farming in Ghana

Curriculum details

Strand

Our Nation Ghana (Strand 4)

Sub-strand

Farming in Ghana (4.4)

Content standard

B4.4.4.1 - Know about gardening basics such as preparing healthy soil and nursing activities for crop production (seed bed preparation)

Indicator

B4.4.4.1.1 - Prepare nursery beds nurse seeds, transplant seedlings and maintain small gardens

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 20

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners talk about the importance of gardening.
Learners undertake visits to vegetable gardens of farms or look at pictures of vegetable and fruit farms and talk about different vegetables farmers in Ghana grow.
Learners undertake practical activities in the home or school that will teach them how to prepare healthy soil for nursing seeds and prepare seedbeds, how to nurse and transplant seedlings, and how to care for small gardens of eggs, pepper, onion, cabbage, lettuce, okro, etc.
Note: learners use the opportunity to learn good agricultural practices such as:
Using the right tools in preparing nursery beds/bags.
Filling nursery beds/boxes/poly bags with fertile soil in preparation for nursing seeds.
Nursing the seeds in the soil at the required depth and water them.