DISTRIBUTION OF CROPS

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Welcome back to class

 

In previous lessons, we learnt about growing crops, how to cultivate and care for crop plants. We have learnt about the different farm practices that farmers engage in to raise or grow crop plants. In today’s lesson, we would be looking at the distribution of different crop plants in different parts of the country

 

ACTIVITY

1. What are some of the ways we learnt in the past that farmers use in caring for their cultivated crops to ensure their healthy growth?

 

Distribution Of Crops

Many types of crops are grown in different parts of the country. The parts of the country where the different groups of crops are grown. Some of the crops and the places where

they are found are also shown in the table below

Ado-Ekiti, Abakaliki,

kola, rubber, coffee, Asaba, Benin, Abeokuta,

Sisal hemp, cactus, Aba, Nnewi, Calabar, Enugu,

neem, boabab Nsukka, Ogoja, Yenagoa,

Warri, Ife, Ibadan, Ijebu Ode,

Ondo

 

GROUP OF CROPS	NAME OF CROPS	WHERE THEY ARE GROWN
1. CEREAL	Maize, guinea corn,,, rice, sorghum, millet	Abeokuta, Akure, Bauchi, Benin, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja, Ilorin, Kaduna, Makurdi, Minna, Owerri, Sokoto, Port-Harcourt, Yola, Calabar
2. LEGUMES	Cowpea, groundnut, soya bean	Bauchi, Ilorin, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Maiduguri, Makurdi, Minna, Sokoto, Birnin-Kebbi, Funtua, Gboko
3. TUBERS	Yam, Cassava, Potato	Abakaliki, Ikom, Ilorin, Lafia, Lokoja, Makurdi Minna, Awka, Onitsha, Jos, Bauchi, Kaduna, Zaria

 

 

 

GROUP OF CROP	NAME OF CROPS	WHERE THEY ARE GROWN
4, TREE CROPS	Oil Palm, Cocoa, kola, rubber, coffee, Sisal hemp, cactus, baobab	Ado-Ekiti, Abakaliki, , Asaba, Benin, Abeokuta, Aba, Nnewi, Calabar, Enugu, neem, Nsukka, Ogoja, Yenagoa,Warri, Ife, Ibadan, Ijebu Ode,Ondo
5. VEGETABLES	Lettuce, tomato, onion, cabbage, carrot, water melon, amaranthus, telfairia, okro, garden egg, bitter leaf	Abakaliki, Abeokuta, Aba, Awka, Enugu, Onitsha, Calabar, Uyo, Port-Harcourt, Lagos, Ibadan, Osogbo, Ilorin,Jos, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Katsina
6. FRUITS	Orange, mango Abakaliki, Awka,guava, coconut, cashew, banana, pineapple, avocado, pear	Nsukka, Gboko, Jos, Kaduna, Owerri, Ibadan, Akure, Aba, Agbor, Benin and Warri

 

ASSIGNMENT

1. Make a list of common food crops grown in the locality where you live.