2 Course Overview

Next we want to give you an overview of what you can expect from this course. Watch the video, look over the reference material, and complete the assignment.

Students are also provided with a link to the reference material and asked the following questions.

This assignment is meant to help in working through the information in the Course Overview
video segment. Please respond to each question and submit in Whatsapp.

Questions:

1. What are you hoping to accomplish by taking part in this course?


2. Which answer will sustainable conservation agriculture best practices NOT allow you to do?
a. Produce more on less land
b. Start an elephant farm for milk production
c. Generate more income
d. Increase crop productivity 4-5 times

3. What is NOT required from you to do SCA?
a. Maintain high standards
b. Be diligent and work hard
c. All your chickens

4. Which of the following is NOT an issue that SCA can address?
a. Poor or unproductive soil or land
b. Scarcity of land
c. Chickens that won't lay eggs

5. List the course content that you are most excited about.

1. Introduction

This video welcomes students to the course:

Welcome to Flint's Sustainable Conservation Agriculture Course and congratulations on starting this journey with us! Begin by watching the video link below and then complete the assignments.

Students are given the following instructions in their preferred channel (WhatsApp, etc.) They are asked to respond to the questions below in the group channel.

This assignment is meant to help you the learner recall information from the segment as well as give you an opportunity to share about your hopes, dreams and desires as they relate to agriculture. Please respond to the following questions and submit those responses in Whatsapp.

Questions​:

1. Please introduce yourself.
What is your name?
Are you married?
If you have children, how many do you have?

2. Share briefly why you are participating in this course.

3. What crops are you personally growing and where are you growing them?

4. What do you hope to achieve by participating in this course? Or, what do you hope this course can help you accomplish?