LESSON PLAN IN APPLIED ECONOMICS

I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards. The learners show understanding in industry analysis, its principles, tools, and techniques in
leading to the identification of business opportunities.
B. Performance Standards. The learners shall be able to apply tools and techniques for business opportunities like
the SWOT/TOWS analysis. Conduct a survey of macro and micro environments affecting business in a locality.
C. Learning Competencies
 Distinguish the different services/products of business and industry in the locality. GAS_AE12-IIa-d-10
D. Specific Objectives
 Define and discuss agribusiness
 Identify the agribusiness in the Philippines
 Discuss the features of each agribusiness in the Philippines.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Content: Types of Industry - Agribusiness
B. References: Applied Economics for SHS Textbook by Roman Leano Jr.
C. Materials:
 Power point presentation
 LCD projector
III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. PRAYER, CHECKING of ATTENDANCE
B. REVIEW
Competition
C. LESSON PROPER (4 A’s)

Teacher’s Activity Teacher’s notes/ Remarks

Activity Group the students with atleast 5 members each group. Make them identify
the kind of business of the pictures shown in the board.

Analysis Guide questions:

1. What are the common features of each business shown?
2. How do you think those animals are raised?
3. How do you think those plants are grown?
4. Do you have any experience in raising livestock or grow plants? How?

Abstraction The teacher will guide learners to arrive with the following concepts: To enrich the discussion, the
AGRIBUSINESS teacher will utilize a powerpoint
 A business that earn most or all of its revenues from agriculture. presentation supplemented
 Tends to be a large-scale business operation and may experiment in with graphics.
farming, processing and manufacturing and/or the packaging and
distribution of products.
List of Agribusiness in the Philippines
1. Hog Raising
2. Poultry Raising
3. Cattle Raising
4. Goat Raising
5. Rice Farming
6. Vegetable Farming
7. Fish Pens
8. Corn Farming
Hog raising
 Is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a
branch of animal husbandry.
 Piggery business can be one of the most profitable money making
idea in the agricultural clout if you know the latest technology for
breeding and upgrading the breeds of your swine.
 a very popular enterprise in the Philippines such that there is a
proliferation of backyard producers, which dominates the swine
industry and a healthy viable commercial sector.
 Pork meat is one of the most consumed meat in the Philippines
which means there will always be a huge chunk of market for hog
raisers.
Poultry Raising
 It is the raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys
 and geese for the purpose of farming meat or eggs for food.
 Poultry meat especially chicken meat have a huge market share in
Filipino marketplaces (palengke) and supermarkets.
 That is why poultry raising is a good money maker especially if you
wil learn the advance techniques, right now there are chickens who
are ready to be sold in less than 45 days.
Cattle Raising
 Is the raising and breeding of domestic cows.
 Also considered to be a great money maker because you only need a
good pasture which consist of different healthy grass and proper care
for your cattles and you will surely get a nice profit worthy of your
time especially if you’re breeding your own cattle.
 You can either raise cattle for its meat and raising dairy cow for milk.
Goat Raising
 Is the raising and breeding of domestic goats.
 Goats are raised principally for their meat, milk, fibre and skin.
 Raising goat in the Philippines is not that hard, just like cattle raising,
you need to improve your breed.
Rice Farming
 Rice is the world’s important crop.
 Despite a lot of issues about rice farming in the Philippines being
dead because of little support coming from the government, rice
farming is still great agricultural business in the Philippines.
 Learn the most advanced method of rice farming which includes the
best variety of rice to grow in a certain weather or irrigation
conditions, pest resistant varieties and fruitful varieties.
 Learning the modern agriculture technology can boost your income
in any agricultural business.
Vegetable Farming
 Planting veggies is a good agribusiness if you learn how to plant off-
season varieties.
 To ensure a more yields and pest resistant variety, choose a hybrid
vegetable seeds from your local seeds supplier.
 There are many high value vegetables in the Philippines that you can
grow, some of them are: tomato, sweet bell pepper, cucumber, bitter
gourd or ampalaya, string beans, eggplant or talong
Fish Pens
 Raising your own catfish, oyster, prawns, pangasius, bangus or tilapia
is fun and exciting business, each species needs different
environment to grow either fresh or salt water.
 If you want to start your own fish pen business, then you must learn
a lot about the fish that you want to raise and the desired area where
you will put your fish pen
Corn Farming
 Corn always have a market so it’s a good idea to try growing some, a
hybrid corns can yield more than ordinary ones so make sure to
consult your seeds supplier what hybrid corn seeds are best in your
location.
Application Divide the class into 5 groups. Make them draw lots on the agribusinesses in
the Philippines and illustrate how their drawn agribusiness are raised or
grown.

IV. Evaluation
Answer the following:
1. Why agribusiness is one of the best industry in the country?
2. Why do you think raising livestocks and vegetable farming are the agribusinesses in the Philippines?
3. If you were given a chance, would you like to engage in agribusiness? Why?
V. ASSIGNMENT/ AGREEMENT
Make a SWOT Analysis of the agribusiness in your community. Send your output via Facebook/Messenger group chat.

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