TOPIC DISCUSSANTS
Unit 3. The Basic Principles of Tilapia
Culture
A. Introduction
1. Major Tilapia Production Areas in the
Philippines
2. Tilapia Species and Commercial
Strains
B. Basic Tilapia Farming Concepts ABANA, HAZEL ANN B.
1. Environmental and Nutritional
AMISTOSO, BERNADETH P.
Requirements
2. Farming in Net Cages ANGELO, JHORENZ P.
3. Tilapia Pond Farming PEDROSA, MA. ZYA COLLEEN Q.
4. Other Methods QUERIOSO, CHELSEA A.
C. Tilapia Health Management TULABING, MARIJON E.
1. Infectious Diseases
2. Noninfectious Diseases
3. Disease Prevention and Control
D. Harvesting of Tilapia
E. Processing of Tilapia
1. How to Keep Fish Longer in Ice
2. How to Prevent Fish Spoilage
3. Chilled Fish Offers More Advantages
than Totally Frozen Fish
4. How Fishfarmers package and ship
milkfish
5. The Proper way to pack fish for
shipment
6. Some Guides in Preparing Dried Fish
Products
Marketing of Tilapia
Unit 2. Organic Production
A. Introduction to Organic Agriculture
1. The nature and importance of organic
agriculture AUSTERO, BEA S.
2. Principles of Ecology and Agroecology
BADORIA, HANNAH SHANE A.
a) Principles of health
b) Principles of ecology BERINGUEL, LIMUEL C.
c) Principles of fairness BERNAL, MARY JANE
d) Principles of care BICAO, MELANIE B.
3. Why organic agriculture? CACHARRO, JULIE ANN N.
a) Ecologically sustainable
b) Social sustainability
CATINDOY, EDWARD E.
c) Economic sustainability CORDOVA, MA. ANGELU V.
d) Market opportunities CREADO, NICA O.
B. Considerations for Conversion to DACUMI, GLAIZA NICOLE N.
Organic Agriculture DELA CRUZ, HANNA JOY L.
1. Analysis of the Location DELA CRUZ, JHANA MAE V.
2. Farm-related challenges to conversion
a) Farms with high external input use
b) Farms with low external input use
c) Mixed farm
d) Degraded land
C. Water Management in Organic
Agriculture
1. How to keep the water in the soil
2. Harvesting water
a) Increasing infiltration
b) Water storage
3. Drip irrigation systems
D. Nutrient Management in Organic
Agriculture
1. Composting
2. Green manures
3. Animal Manure
4. Microbial fertilizers
5. Mineral fertilizers
E. Pest and disease management in
organic agriculture
1. Prevention practices and monitoring
2. Curative methods
F. Weed management in organic
agriculture
1. Preventive practices
2. Biological control of weeds
3. Mechanical control
G. Soil cultivation and tillage in organic
agriculture
1. creating good growing conditions for
plants
2. minimum disturbance
3. soil compaction
4. types of soil cultivation
H. Plant propagation in organic
agriculture
1. Plant propagation
2. Criteria for seed evaluation,
characterization, and multiplication
3. The importance of traditional varieties
Seed conservation
Unit 4. Poultry Production
A. Introduction to Poultry Production
1. Historical background
2. The world poultry industry
3. The Philippine Poultry Industry DELGADO, RUSHEL G.
4. New Innovations to counteract adverse
DUQUE, PRINCESS ANGELYN E.
effects of a tropical climate
ERCILLA, SHAWN RAIN
B. Housing and Facilities for chickens
FRAN, JERRY MAE D.
1. Benefits of housing
2. House features FUENTES, MARK STEPHEN P.
3. Farm location IBEA, DEMAE JANE A.
4. Brooding House and Equipment KATANGKATANG, JOHNKYLE T.
5. Growing and rearing house LAVARES, MARY LILIAN JANE G.
6. Brood-grow house
LIMPIN, REYNAN P.
7. Laying house
LOPEZ, MARYGRACE N.
8. Breeding laying house
VASQUEZ, LYKA ANGEL
9. Other equipment and facilities
C. Nutrition and Feeding Programs
1. Essential Nutrients for Poultry
2. Nutrient requirements of poultry
3. Common Feedstuffs for poultry
4. Nutrient composition of feedstuffs
5. Sample Formulations of Various Poultry Diets
D. Breeding and management of Breeders
1. Breeds and varieties of chickens
2. Management of commercial chicken breeders
3. Artificial Insemination (AI)
E. Incubation and Hatchery Management
1. Hatchery
2. Selection of Hatching Eggs
3. Incubation and hatching
4. Hatchery Sanitation
F. Broiler Production
1. Establishing a Broiler Farm
2. Brooding Management
3. Sample Weighing
4. Grading
5. Lighting Management
6. Feeds and Water Management
7. Drinking Water
8. Broiler Health Management
9. Management of Stress in Broilers
G. Table Egg Production
1. Housing and Equipment
2. Housing for egg-type chickens
3. Management of Replacement Pullets
H. Duck Production
1. Duck Species and their Origin
2. Breeds and Varieties
3. Housing and Management
4. Feeds and Feeding
5. Management of Meat-type Ducks
6. Processed Ducks Products
7. Health and Sanitation
I. Production of Native Chickens and Other
Poultry Species
1. Native Chickens
2. Turkey
3. Coturnix Quail
4. Geese
5. Pigeon
6. Ostrich
J. Poultry Disease: Their Prevention and
control
1. Common Poultry Disease
2. Application of Modern Veterinary Diagnostic
Techniques
3. Biosecurity in poultry farms and hatcheries
4. Vaccination
F. Sustainable Poultry Production
1. Organic and Eco-friendly Poultry Farming
2. Animal Welfare Standards
3. Ethical Considerations in Poultry Production
Urban and Backyard Poultry Keeping
Unit 1 - HORTICULTURAL CROP
PRODUCTION
A. Growing Horticultural Crops: An
Introduction
● Importance of Horticultural Crop LORILLA, JOHN PAUL F.
Production
MAHAIT, KYLA C.
● Importance and Definition of Horticulture
● Horticulture concerning other discipline MALBAS, MIA ROSE C.
● Opportunities in Horticulture MANUTA, ETHYL JOY M.
Objectives in Horticulture OROLLO, GLAIZA MAE C.
B. Classification Systems and Branches of
Horticulture RAYA, CHRISTIAN C.
1. Classification systems
a. Based on Growth Habit
RIPALDA, IAN JEFF M.
b. Based on Gross physiological traits ROJA, MARK GERARD G.
c. Based on the life cycle ROSALES, MARY JAY M.
d. Based on Temperature ROSALES, MICA M.
e. Based on Economic Crop Production
SAOY, KEVIN A.
2. Branches of Horticulture
a. Pomology SILAGAN, BEA FELICIDAD V.
b. Olericulture SUMOOK, MARIANE Y.
c. Floriculture
d. Ornamental Horticulture
Plantation/Industrial Crop Production
C. Olericulture Production
1. Meaning and Importance of Vegetable
Gardening
2. Economic Role of Vegetables
3. Role of Vegetables in Nutrition
4. Types of Vegetables Production
5. Environmental Factors Affecting Vegetable
Production
6. Crop Management of vegetable production
a. Preparing seeds for sowing
b. Growing transplant
c. Transplanting
d. Direct seeding
e. Land preparation
f. Field management practices
g. Protected Cultivation
h. Cropping systems
7. Soil Management
a. Soil Productivity
b. Soil fertility
c. Fertilizer and fertilizer management
8. Crop Protection
a. Disease caused by bacteria, fungi, and
nematodes
b. Diseases caused by viruses
c. Weeds
d. Insect Pests
9. Post-harvest Technology for vegetables
a. Causes of postharvest losses
b. Basics of postharvest technology
c. Reducing losses during postharvest
handling
C. Propagation of Horticultural Crops
1. Sexual Propagation
a. Overview and the three major purposes
of propagation
b. Seed formation
c. Seed production and certification
process
d. Seed quality analysis
e. Common seed tests
f. Seed viability and longevity
g. Seed dormancy
h. Improving Germination capacity of seeds
i. Seed treatment
j. Environmental conditions for seed
germination
k. Seed germination and emergence
l. Methods of seeding
m. Seed nursery activities
n. Transplanting
2. Asexual propagation
a. Advantages and disadvantages of asexual
propagation
b. Cuttings
c. Grafting
d. Budding
e. Layering
f. Specialized underground structures
Micropropagation (tissue culture)