AGRI 2205 : Principles of Crop Production

The course focuses on the role of crops in agricultural development in the Caribbean. I covers the production of crop groups of importance for food, feed, fibre and fuel including i) vegetables, ii) legumes, iii) root/tuber crops, iv) fruit/tree crop v) forages vi) herbs/medicinal, viii) ornamental horticulture, ix) and turf grass. The course will review site and soil selection, seed bed preparation, seed/seedling production, crop establishment, nutrient application, irrigation/moisture management, plant protection; plant/crop production and management in hydroponics and protected cultivation systems; harvest and post-harvest management, and introduction to crop value chain and marketing and research topics are also done