TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION 6

Learning Task 1. Read the situation below. Then, answer the questions that follow.

The Grade 6 - Chrysanths learners studied about the different kinds of four-legged animals and fish that are being raised as a means of livelihood, and a source of additional income. They learned the reasons for raising the following animals:

Domesticated Animals

Goats

Why to raise these animals?

•Additional income

•Easy to raise

• Resistant to diseases

What to feed these animals?

grasses, saluyot, acacia, camote, kangkong, copra, corn, rice bran o darak

What is the purpose of raising these animals?

•For meat

•For milk

•For other daily products

•For manure as fertilizers
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Domesticated Animals

Cows

Why to raise these animals?

•Additional income

•Easy to raise due to abundant food source

What to feed these animals?

grasses, commercialized or organic feeds

What is the purpose of raising these animals?

•For meat

•For milk

•For other dairy products

•For manual labor

•For manure as fertilizers
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Domesticated Animals

Pigs/Hogs

Why to raise these animals?

•Additional income

•Always profitable when sold

What to feed these animals?

commercialized and organic feeds, left over foods (lino o sagmaw)

What is the purpose of raising these animals?

•For meat
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Domesticated Animals

Fish (Catfish, Tilapia, Carp and Milkfish)

Why to raise these animals?

•Additional income

•Easy to sell and always profitable

•Grows in small spaces (rivers, ponds or aquaria)

•Lives in freshwater

What to feed these animals?

commercialized and organic feeds, left over foods (lino o sagmaw)

What is the purpose of raising these animals?

•For meat​