Biology Laboratory

Introduction: Market, State and Policy; Aggregate supply, Aggregate demand and Price determination; Transaction costs; Price distortions; Policy analysis framework; Policy analysis: Produce and Consumer surplus; Welfare economics; Agricultural output policies; Input policy; Credit policy; Mechanisation policy; Land reform policy; Research policy; Irrigation policy; Women and agricultural policies; Agricultural planning at Sectoral, regional and local levels; Gender considerations in agricultural planning; Project planning and management within the context of overall national planning for de

This course introduces beginners to the plant. It is divided into two parts: Agricultural botany and Plant physiology. The first part of the course covers plant anatomy and morphology with emphasis on form and function. The course introduces learners to the taxonomy of plants with particular emphasis on groups with agricultural importance as producers of food, feed, fibre and wood or as weeds or pests. The second part introduces the learner to the functioning and control of plant biochemical processes. 

Definition of agriculture: relate definition to animal agriculture and profession; Importance of animals to man; Types of animals kept by man; Differences between ruminants & non ruminants; The environment in relation to animal production: Tropics vs temperate environment; Systems of animal production;  Animal production as a business; Constraints to improved animal production in Uganda; Principles of Livestock Management: Housing and structures, Parasites and disease control, Nutrition and feeding, Care of replacements, Selection of breeding animals and breeding principles; Basic anima