Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 9 Rationalized Agriculture and Nutrition Lesson Plans Term 1 2026. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  The lesson plan is professionally structured to cover all weeks of the term, including the mid-term week, ensuring a comprehensive breakdown of lessons per week. It is fully aligned with the KICD-approved CBE (formerly CBC) curriculum.

  The document covers the following strands, sub-strands, and topics:

  • Conservation of Resources
    • Conserving Animal Feed: Hay
      • Meaning of forage as a method of conserving animal feed.
      • Types of materials used in making forage in the environment.
      • Methods of conserving forage to cope with drought: baled hay, stacked hay, and standing forage.
      • Step-by-step processes for making baled hay and stacked hay.
      • Management of standing forage as a conservation strategy.
    • Conserving Leftover Foods
      • Importance of conserving leftover food at home to avoid wastage.
      • Preparation of leftover foods (reheating) to avoid wastage.
      • Specific recipes for leftovers: Ugali croutons and Dhania rice.
      • Food safety and hygiene practices when handling and storing leftover food.
      • Innovating new recipes from common leftovers.
    • Integrated Farming
      • Meaning and importance of integrated farming in resource conservation.
      • Searching for information on integrated farming practices.
      • Components of integrated farming:
        • Crop production
        • Piggery
        • Poultry and Duckery
        • Fish farming (Aquaculture)
        • Apiary (Beekeeping)
        • Mushroom cultivation
        • Vermicomposting
        • Fruit cultivation and Agroforestry
        • Livestock farming and Rabbit keeping
        • Vegetable growing
      • Organic waste management and water management systems.
      • Designing and making an integrated farm model using locally available materials.
  • Food Production Processes
    • Organic Gardening
      • Meaning and identification of organic gardening practices in crop production.
      • Use of organic manure: preparing green manure from plant matter and animal waste.
      • Preparation and use of organic pesticides using locally available materials.
      • Mechanical weed control methods and their benefits.
      • Preparation and application of organic foliar feed from animal waste and plants (e.g., Mexican sunflower).
      • Project: Establishing and managing a short-season crop using organic practices.
• Category:

  Lesson Plans
• Level:

  Grade 9
• Subject:

  AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION

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