{"id":125,"date":"2019-06-11T10:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/extension\/perennial-crops\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T12:50:35","slug":"perennial-crops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/extension\/perennial-crops","title":{"rendered":"Perennial Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><strong>Course Title: <\/strong><strong>CS 303- PERENNIAL CROPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course aim:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To impart students with knowledge and skills of perennial crops production<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Course expected learning outcome (s)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the end of the course, students shall be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify perennial crops of economic and social importance.<\/li>\n<li>Review on how to prepare and manage a nursery.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate various methods of propagation in perennial crops production.<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of suitable sites for production of perennial crops.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate ability to transplant and manage perennial crops in permanent fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Course status: <\/strong>Core<\/li>\n<li><strong>Credit rating: <\/strong>8 Credits<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total hours spent:<\/strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 80 hours<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lectures &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 24 hrs<\/p>\n<p>Tutorial&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 05 hrs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assignments&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 hrs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Independent Study&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 05 hrs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Practical &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 36 hrs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Course content<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Definition of perennial crops, socio-economic importance of perennial crops, production and marketing trends, potential and limitations for their production,&nbsp; research&nbsp; strategies&nbsp; for sustainable production, propagation methods, application of agronomic principles to production, harvesting and postharvest handling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practical skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practising various propagation methods; Assessing suitable sites for production of perennial crops; Design and prepare land for planting of perennial crops; Demonstrate management, harvesting and postharvest handling of perennial crops.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teaching and learning activities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The course will be delivered through lectures, practical sessions, seminars\/tutorials and independent study sessions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Assessment methods <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The course will be assessed by quizzes, assignments, seminar presentation reports, practical reports, practical tests, theory tests and end of semester University examination.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Reading list<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ngugi, D.N. Karau, P.K. and Nguyo, W. 1990. East African Agriculture. 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Edition. Macmillan.330p.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Title: CS 303- PERENNIAL CROPS Course aim: To impart students with knowledge and skills of perennial crops production Course expected learning outcome (s) By the end of the course, students shall be able to: Identify perennial crops of economic and social importance. Review on how to prepare and manage a nursery. 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