Shamba Shape Up Season 11
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 9: Forages, Crop Insurance, Dairy Hygiene and EPC
Welcome To shamba shape up
This week we’re in Isongo, Kakamega, visiting musician and farmer Disterio Nabwayo & Family, Kakamega.
This week we learn about:
1. Growing Forages on Slopes
2. Insurance claims or Myths
3. Cooking with Electric Pressure Cooker
4. Dairy Hygiene
Shamba Shape Up : Series 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 7: Napier Grass, Growing Vegetables, Cow Care
In this episode the Shamba Shape Up team look at growing Napier grass, harvesting rain water, improving vegetable crop and have more advice on cattle.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 6: Cow Care, Soil test, Pest & Disease & Financial Literacy
John from Rongai gets help on his shamba getting his cows free from disease such mastitis, flees and ticks. His soil is tested and the team go to agricultural show to learn about banking.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 7: Cow Care, Kales, Push-Pull, Soil test and Solar power
Help is at hand for Mary & Maseno! SSU helps them build a cow shed, also improving their crops by introducing 'push-pull' technique and soil testing. A new roof is even added to their house!
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 10: CowCare, Maize, Pest and disease, Chicken, Solar power & Jiko
We visit Jarius in Kisumu to help him with the challenges of farming in a wheelchair. We look at cows, chickens, & maize problems as well as look at why jikos and solar lamps are useful.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 13: Farm Revisits
In this episode finale, SSU revisits farms to see how the farmers are getting on.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 3: Cabbages, Calf & dairy management, Water harvest & Trees
We visit Joseph and Lucy's Shamba in Kinangop. We look at growing cabbages, looking after cows, catching rainwater and planting trees.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 6: Flying Gardens, Mango, Trees, Water harvesting, Cow Care
We visit Makueni to reach farmers to discuss flying gardens, mango farming, cow farming, rainwater harvesting & planting trees.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 8: Cow management, feeds, Intercropping, Vegetables & Finance
We learn more about vegetable growing, taking care of animals, inter-cropping beans and sorghum and livestock loans; all on Mary's farm in Nakuru.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 9: Maize, Push pull, Cow health and management, Solar Power
We visit Risper's farm in Kisumu to learn more about cows (health, housing and feeding), maize farming, energy saving jikos & rainwater harvesting.
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 1:Cow Nutrition and management, Nutrition, finance, Maize and Herbicide
Welcome to the brand-new series of Shamba Shape Up series 12
On our first episode, we are in Nakuru County.
We are visiting farmer Kate Gatwiri Gotonga, a young lady just starting out in farming, but although she’s young in years, she already has a lot of responsibilities. She manages her sister in laws farm While she also has a farm of her own So, we want to see how we can help her and help turn this young lady into an old hand, at farming!
We are learning about:
1. How to Finance and Plant maize
2. Nutrition for your kids
3. Nutrition and general management for your Dairy cows
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 2: Dairy cow pest and disease, Calliandra, Finance and Nutrition
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re in the Green Hills of Bomet county. We’re visiting a family who are quite literally on the top of the hill; farmers Rose and Christopher and their inventor son Nelson and his equally talented wife, Jennifer.
In this Episode we are learning about:
1. Internal and external parasites on dairy cows
2. How to finance the planting season
3. Calliandra management
4. Nutrition on fortified foods
Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 22: Dairy cow management, Fertiliser & Rainwater harvest
We visit our Facebook competition winner to learn more about keeping healthy cows (vaccines, feed, supplements, pregnancy), how to use fertilisers and the importance of keeping rainwater.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 23: Charcoal, Chicken, Cow Health and Solar Light
We are in Nairobi meeting Joyce and Antony to learn about making charcoal briquettes, keeping animals healthy, feeding chickens, livestock resilience and solar power.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 24: ECF, Dairy Supplements & Feed, Chicken and Sorghum
We meet Kaburu from Giaki who is keen to learn more about animals! We learn more about ECF in cows, supplements for animals, keeping chickens healthy & growing sorghum to sell to breweries.
Know Zone Standard 4 - KnowZone Std 4: Episode 5 - THE FARM
Term 1 Week 5
Cool Words: TOO & TO
Hot Numbers: MULTIPLICATION
Out There: DAIRY
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 2: Chickens, Post-Harvest Losses, Cows
We are in Arusha, Tanzania at Christine's Shamba. We bring in experts to help her with her broiler chicken, to improve her milk production and we also test her soil in order to know how to improve her rice crop.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 3: Viazi Power, Cows, Nutrition
We meet Peter and Ruth from Bomet as we shape up their shamba. We learn how to use Viazi Power on potatoes, how to take a soil test, keep cows, and what to grow for good health.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 7: Chickens, Cows, Fake Chemicals
We meet Dorothy from Matasia to learn more about her cows which have vitamin and mineral deficiencies, chickens and how to spot a fake chemical from a real one.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 18: Revisit 2
In the course of many different climatic seasons we have visited many farmers. We revisit some of the farmers and see whether they have turned their shambas into good business.
Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 6: Rice, Dairy Cows and Solar Home System
We are in Mwea Kirinyaga County visiting Evans and Agnes Warui. We look into pests and diseases affecting his rice and which fertilisers to use for planting and top dressing. We also show him how to improve his milk yield by preventing mastitis and instal a solar home system.
Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 7: Kienyeji Chicken, Dairy Cows, Coffee and Record keeping
We are in Kirinyaga County at Henry and Lydia Githinji's Shamba. We show them how to properly feed kienyeji chicken and how to identify and prevent mastitis in dairy cows. We also introduce them to crop specific fertilisers and tell them about the importance of record keeping.
Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 4: Coffee, Potatoes, Dairy Hygiene
We are in Embu county visiting Sicily and Njeru. We introduce them to crop specific fertilisers for coffee and herbicides to help save them money when weeding. We also inform them about the importance of using certified seeds and how to maintain proper dairy hygiene.
Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 12: Mangoes, Dairy Supplements, Tomatoes
We are Embu County visiting brothers, Peter and Kioko. We learn how to properly manage and harvest mangoes and a new way of drying them to increase their shelf life. We also have a look at how to improve their dairy cows health, introduce them to a new maize variety that matures faster and help with pests and diseases in their tomatoes.
Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn10 - Ep 13: Top-Dressing, Certified Seeds, Dairy Management and EPC
Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.
This week we are in Ndeiya, Limuru. We are revisiting a farmer from last year and we want to see if experts advise did help him?
We are revisiting Moses and his wife Susan. On this farm we are not only bringing experts to help our farmer, we are also asking our farmer for help as well.
Moses has been growing Maize since 1994 and even runs a local training course for the local farmers.
We are going to advise from Moses on Top-dressing and how to Top-dress your maize for better yields and we also learn the importance and benefits of buying certified seeds.
We also learn about dairy cow management and benefit and importance of using Electric Pressure cooker.
Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 10 - Ep 18: Cow Management, Avocado, Electric Pressure Cooker
Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.
This week we are visiting Hellen and Daniel in Ruiru, farmers we have shaped up before but now wants some help to improve them even further.
First we learn about cow management, choosing the right Artificial Insemination for your Dairy cow and how to deworm your cow.
The Importance of pruning an avocado tree to yield a bumper harvest.
Also we learn about the Electric Pressure Cooker, a new way to cook and also save time, money and health as the same time.
Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 10 - Ep 18: Cow Management, Avocado, Electric Pressure Cooker
Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.
This week we are visiting Hellen and Daniel in Ruiru, farmers we have shaped up before but now wants some help to improve them even further.
First we learn about cow management, choosing the right Artificial Insemination for your Dairy cow and how to deworm your cow.
The Importance of pruning an avocado tree to yield a bumper harvest.
Also we learn about the Electric Pressure Cooker, a new way to cook and also save time, money and health as the same time.
Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 10 - Ep 25: Harvest&Post-Harvest losses, Dairycow management, EPC - Recap
Welcome to a special edition of Shamba shape up, where we are going to visit some of the shamba we have shaped up over the last few months & remind ourselves some of the things we learned, especially during this time we are getting ready to harvest.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 9: Forages, Crop Insurance, Dairy Hygiene and EPC
Welcome To shamba shape up
This week we’re in Isongo, Kakamega, visiting musician and farmer Disterio Nabwayo & Family, Kakamega.
This week we learn about:
1. Growing Forages on Slopes
2. Insurance claims or Myths
3. Cooking with Electric Pressure Cooker
4. Dairy Hygiene
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 12 - Ep 1: Cow Nutrition & management, Nutrition, Finance, Maize &Herbicide
Welcome to the brand-new series of Shamba Shape Up series 12
On our first episode, we are in Nakuru County.
We are visiting farmer Kate Gatwiri Gotonga, a young lady just starting out in farming, but although she’s young in years, she already has a lot of responsibilities. She manages her sister in laws farm While she also has a farm of her own So, we want to see how we can help her and help turn this young lady into an old hand, at farming!
We are learning about:
1. How to Finance and Plant maize
2. Nutrition for your kids
3. Nutrition and general management for your Dairy cows
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 10: Dairy Hygiene & Nutrition, Food nutrition & Irrigation
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
So, you’ll be surprised to know today we’re not even visiting a farm. No, we’re visiting a school! today we’re more interested in supporting the governments 4K club initiative or Young Farmers Association?
To help students learn about agriculture.Farming is the future, and these children know it. So, let’s see how we can help and maybe we’ll learn a little something too.
Let’s go!!
Today we are learning about:
1. Managing your Dairy cows
2. Good nutrition for adolescent girls
3. Drip irrigation
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 15: Dairy hygiene & Calf management, Chicken & Finance
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re in Kabarnet, Baringo County and we’re visiting farmer Naomi on her 1and a half-acre farm. It is an urban farm, just a short walk from the town center and we are going to see how even with a small patch of land, farming can still be a profitable business
On this farm we are going to learn about:
1. Dairy Hygiene and Calf management
2. Managing a Chicken house
3. Financial Benefits of Record Keeping
Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - DLTP Short Clips: Cow selection
Dairy Cow selection
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 1(UG): Dairy, Soil test, Banana, Crop Rotation and Vegetables
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
Today we’re in Kirangira Village, Mukono central and we’re meeting with farmer Dorothy Nakalembe.
Dorothy’s a very experienced lady who’s been farming since 1980. She has a 3-acre farm where she grows bananas, maize and vegetables .She also has cows but she needs expert advice on them and of course for her vegetables.
This is one farmer who knows what she wants!
In this farm we are learning about:
1. Dairy breeding, nutrition and hygiene
2. What to plant after Clearing Banana plantation
3. Soil testing on banana plantation
4. Vegetables transplanting and good farming practices
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 10(UG): In calf cow and hygiene, Coffee, Bananas, Goats
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
We’re in Bugana village in Masaka and we’re visiting farmer Immaculate Nalubujje
Clearly a very hard-working farmer, since she’s even constructing a new house from the proceeds of her garden and she only started commercial farming ten years ago!
Immaculate has 4 acres of land, she has intercropped coffee and banana on 3.5 acres, has 5 goats but wants many more and a cow that’s going to give birth in two months.
But does she have any challenges?
Let’s find out
In this farm we learn about:
1) Management of in calf cow and hygiene
2) Management of coffee
3) Bananas management for more production
4) Goats’ supplementation and deworming
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 17(UG): Mango, Market, Coffee and Dairy
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
Today we are traveling to Busoga region in Kamuli district. We meet 65yrs. old farmer Kato Johnson Tibatia a retired but not tired veterinary Doctor who lives in Bukaya Village BUGEYWA PARISH.
Kato and his wife Bwza Margaret have a lot of activities going on their 30 acres farm, they have coffee, they keep livestock, and have an orchard of mangoes that sits on 11 acres.
Let’s see how we can assist them.
On this farm we learn about:
1) Mangoes:
• Fruit Flies and management
• Pricing and Market
2) Coffee: Post Harvest Management and UCDA Pricing
3) Dairy: Improvement of breed and management
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Cows housing cowshed
Cows housing cowshed
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Mastitis
Detecting and preventing mastitis in your dairy cow
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up Clips: Cow Health Spraying for ticks
Cow Health Spraying for ticks
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up Clips: Cows Health treat mastitis
Cows Health treat mastitis
