Agro-Allied Industries
Starter
Activate
From the VideoClip;
1. What are agro-allied industries?
2. What are some agricultural raw materials companies
use?
Connect
1. Have you ever wondered how agriculture
interconnects with other industries and sectors?
2. If yes, what was your conclusion?
WALT
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Define agro-based company
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List agro-based industries.
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State the raw materials used on each industry.
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State the relationship between agriculture and industry.
SUCCESS CRITERIA
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Ability to define agro-based company
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Ability to list agro-based industries.
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Ability to state the raw materials used on each industry.
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Ability to state the relationship between agriculture and
industry.
Key terms
Agriculture
Agro-allied
High-yielding
Production
Meaning of Agro-Allied
Industries
Agro-allied industries also called Agro-based industries are
industries which depend on agriculture for their raw materials
in orderto operate successfully.
Agricultural
Summary of Agro-Based Industries and
Raw Materials Used in Each Industry
Agr0-based
Industries
Raw materials used
Oil Mill
Oil Seeds
Soap Industry
Oil seeds/oil
Cigarette/tobacco
Tobacco leaves
Textile/Ginnery
Cotton
Breweries
Cereals
Canning
Fruits, meat, fish, milk
Paper industry
Pulpwood
Sugar Industry
Sugar Cane
Plywood/saw mill
Wood
1. Provision of market
2. Provision of food
3. Shifting of factors of production
4. Provision of raw materials
5. Provision of labour
6. Development of industrial sector
7. Provision of variable and high-yielding seeds
8. Provision of essential goods
9. Provision of agro-chemicals
10. Provision of storage facilities
Relationship/Interdependence
Between Agriculture and
Industries
Guided Performance
1. (a) Define agro-allied industry.
(b) Name six
agricultural products that are used by industries as sources of their raw materials.
2. Citing two specific examples, explain how industries depend on agriculture for their raw
materials.
Culminating Performance
1. (a) List six relationships between agriculture and industries. (b)
Explain six factors affecting the success of commercial agriculture in
Nigeria. (WASSCE June, 1996)