Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
This week we’re in Namungalwe village in Iganga and we’re visiting farmer Peter Kifuse.
Peter, a teacher by career, chose a second profession for himself seven years ago: full-time farmer.
His main focus is poultry. Currently he has 700 chicks that are from Turkey. He collects 20 to 21 trays of eggs per day. Previously he had up to 5,000 birds. He says that currently the market for eggs is low, and yet the prices of concentrates keep going up.
He has 3 separate banana plantations, that amount to 2 acres
bananas, that are then sold to the school. His main challenge is banana bacterial wilt.
He has also set up a sweet potato project and we can introduce him to the orange fleshed sweet potato, much better in terms of health for the children.
He also grows maize, but he said that it was attacked by caterpillars. He didn’t know what it was, but it was very likely fall armyworm. It’s an interesting subject for both Peter and the children, so we’ll do it in the form of an outdoor practical science lesson.
In this farm we learn about:
1) Chicken management
2) Maize Fall Army Worm Push and Pull
3) Matoke management banana bacterial wilt
4) Introducing Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes
