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Shamba Shape Up : Series 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 12: Chemicals, Making Compost, Fruit Farming and Financial literacy

We learn to tell the difference between genuine and fake chemicals, important minerals for cows, running a profitable farm, making compost, fruits and much more.

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.

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 13: "Love Hurdles"

ACCESS TO LAND, ACCESS TO FINANCES Isabella and Isaiah go out of their way to assert the future of the youth and the VSLA by leasing land from Crescent. Isaiah proposes to Isabella

VALUE ADDITION, NEW MARKETS, FARMING AS FAMILY BUSINESS, MATOOKE At a party organized by Crescent so he proposes to Jenny, the market women realize the business potential of adding value to their products. They launch their new initiative to supply value added products. This sees Alphonse and Joy celebrate the growth of their family business and working together.

MECHANIZATION Jenny accepts Crescent’s proposal for marriage. She leads the women into appreciating mechanization and farming under joint acreage after receiving land from Crescent in support of her efforts

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 4: "Love Kick"

NUTRITION, GET A LOAN Dorotia kicks Agatha and the kids out of her house. As they walk the street with Shaka, Isabella sees them and gets the idea to farm nutritious foods and make money. This was the missing link in her application for a loan.

DANGERS OF QUICK MONEY, BUDGETING AND PLANNING Alphonse, tired of seeing his son Isaiah laze around at home, gets him a plumbing job at the Cooperative. Uninterested, Isaiah absconds from the assignment and teams up instead with Isabella, when he sees the opportunity of making quick money through the loan she is seeking from the Micro-Finance. Isabella gets the loan but this creates a rift between her and Isaiah when he learns that he is getting no cut from the loan as she intends to put it to use as applied for.

MISMANAGEMENT IN SACCOS The market women, who are also seeking a loan for their SACCO kick out their Chair, Jenny, at the encouragement of Dorotia. Her crime is mismanagement.

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 8: "New Beginnings"

FINANCIAL LITERACY, PROPER MANAGMENT OF SACCO Dorotia wants all her money she has saved with the SACCO but Esteri urges her and all the women that rather than take the money they should save more. She shares the idea of bringing in more members, so that they can have, more money to lend out. The women are sceptical about the idea, but she assures them that the only way the SACCO will benefit them is if they involve everybody who is able to earn and save. Jenny returns and she is welcomed back, she manages to convince Crescent and the Co-operative members to join the SACCO. Excitement as they set the date to launch the SACCO.

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 1: "New Dawn"

YOUTHS AND EMPLOYMENT Isaiah, the son of farmer Alphonse, has moved to the city to ride a boda-boda, however the drama of working in the city catches up with Isaiah when his bike is stolen and he gambles away his last coins before being forced by circumstances to return to Kabulondampeke.

IMPROVE FARMING, IRON RICH BEANS, MAIZE, INTER CROPPING Isabella who returns from Agriculture School to help out on her mother Esteri’s farm is determined to make a living farming. With the support of her mother and assistance from Gabriel, the handsome Agro-vet, she begins to slowly understand her new calling.

ACCESS TO FINANCE, STORAGE Aggrey, a local business man is hell bent on seeing the local farmer’s cooperative fail so that he promotes his new bulk store facility.

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 5: Money Matters

Aggrey and his team bring a convenient, simple and assured financial service closer to Mpeke Town Farmers. Learn more about Agent Banking Services.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 3

There is a school management commitee meeting and a school finance commitee is formed too. The community are still adjusting to free primary education.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 4

PP and Maspeedy discuss milk hygiene, Mama Mboga has money worries and Cheryl continues to meddle with Karis and Nancy.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 8

Baraka's maize yield is lower than expected but Albert is on hand to help. Mama Mboga and Margaret come up with a business idea.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 9

Karis is in debt and Erasmus' behavior is getting worse both in and out of school. The school committee meet to discuss a book bid.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 12

Snake is desperate to avoid questioning in relation to Leonard's death, and tries to strike a deal with Karis that goes wrong. A loan for the new medical centre is approved. Maspeedy gets a pannier.

Makutano Junction : Series 1 - Makutano Junction Sn 1: Episode 13

Karis tries to bribe the chief to get out of prison. PP and Red each seek advice on safe sex. Winston and Karis try to work things out, Karis is still in debt. Disaster strikes at the pharmacy.

Makutano Junction : Series 2 - Makutano Junction Sn 2: Episode 4

Winston is starting to campaign for votes, and Anna discovers her family is suffering from malnutrition. The market women decide to start a co-operative, Maspeedy and PP want to start a business.

Makutano Junction : Series 2 - Makutano Junction Sn 2: Episode 5

Maspeedy faces challenges with his milk deliveries and his finances, he comes down with malaria. The market women learn their application for the micro finance program has been approved.

Makutano Junction : Series 2 - Makutano Junction Sn 2: Episode 6

The market women hold elections for their co-operative, Margaret becomes involved in a tribal law dispute.

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 16: Dirty Little Secrets

An investor comes to Alphonse's house for the money he lent him, causing friction in his household

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 17: Don't eat the egg

he campaigns in Mpeke Town are on, Mandevu vs Mercy: who will take the office?

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 19: EH!

Mercy's tenure begins, and it is not a walk in the park.

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 Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 3: Kienyeji Chicken, Finance & Marketing, Beans and Calliandra

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.

Let’s go and meet them and learn more

In this Episode we are learning about:

1. Chicken hygiene and feeds

2. Financial planning and markets

3. Treating your seeds for planting

4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits

Makutano Junction Season 6 - Makutano Junction Sn 6: Episode 9

Stella proposes an income-generating project to help Violet and other women who are struggling financially. Matata hijacks the talent show and Karis is still suffering from depression.

Makutano Junction Season 7 - Makutano Junction Sn 7: Episode 2

The CDF committee have a meeting, and realise the need to be more accountable. Hope announces a drastic decision and Margaret learns about breast feeding vs bottle feeding.

Makutano Junction Season 11 - Makutano Junction Sn 11: Episode 7

Nurse Kate is concerned that the health centre's supplies are low, and drug deliveries from the ministry are late...is there corruption in the health centre? Karis' school toilet scam is discovered.

Makutano Junction Season 13 - Makutano Junction Sn 13: Episode 4

Worried that they are losing votes, Joseph comes up with a drastic plan with Washington and Snake - but is the Chief one step ahead? Exam results are out and Eva and Thomas must think about the future.

Makutano Junction Season 13 - Makutano Junction Sn 13: Episode 7

Margaret plays detective when money goes missing from her phone, Snake tries his best to impress Lena and Thomas sorts out his own girl problems.

Makutano Junction - Resource 10 Activity 2

Resource 10 Activity 2

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 12 - Ep 2: Dairy cow pest & 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 Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 12 - Ep 3: Kienyeji Chicken, Finance & Marketing, Beans and Calliandra

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.

Let’s go and meet them and learn more

In this Episode we are learning about:

1. Chicken hygiene and feeds

2. Financial planning and markets

3. Treating your seeds for planting

4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 7: Pest &Disease, Financing Fertilizer, Maize & Insurance

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we are in Bungoma County. One of the counties that produces maize for our country.

We are visiting maize farmers Mary and Julius, who has taken precaution for their maize farming. We want to find out what we can learn from them and how we can work with and assist them

This week we are learning about;

1. Fall army worm - Parasitoids

2. Financing Fertilizer

3. Maize MLND

4. Insurance

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 8: Farm Inputs, Budget & Financing, Solar pump & Potatoes

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we are in Nakuru County, the home of beautiful lakes and flamingos.

We are in Keringet area and we are meeting farmers Caroline and Sammy who have invested in potato farming and other cash crops.

Let’s go and find out about their potato farming and how they manage it and other crops in their farm

This week we are learning about;

1. Mavuno Zaidi (farm Inputs)

2. Budget and financing

3. Solar pump

4. Fungicide on potato

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 9: Pasture production, Beehives, Goat and Finances

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This week we’re in Baringo county. We’re searching for gold, but we’re not going to be mining under the ground no we’re looking towards the skies because this is liquid gold from the honey bees of Baringo.

We’re visiting bee keeper Simon Chesang. Their farm covers 30 acres. And Simon doesn’t only keep bees for honey, he’s a livestock farmer too.

So, join us as we find out more:

1. How community management can benefit dryland areas

2. How to finance your bee business and grow

3. Keeping goats in a changing climate

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 12: Finance, Dairy AI, Water tank, Calliandra & Silage

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re seeing the value of planning, planning to save money in order to buy water tanks, planning a budget for animal feeds and making a 5-year plan for future farm improvements.

So if you don’t already have other plans, shall we visit out farmers and find out all about it?

We are in Bomet County and we’re visiting farmers David and Zedy Kenduiywo

In this farm we are learning about:

1. Finance for setting up water tanks

2. Preparing cows for Artificial Insemination

3. Budgeting and planning Calliandra for your cows

4. Feed Conservation and how to make Silage

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 13: PRM technology & Gender, SoilErosion, Pasture & Finances

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This week we’re in Baringo county. This is a dryland area, so farming has adapted to lower rainfall but now with climate change, there are new challenges as well so to get the best out of the land, farmers work together to share the land as a group.

We want to find out how they do this, and what new technologies they’ve adopted.

We’re meeting Pastoralists Reuben and Florence. They are teachers as well as farmers, although Reuben has recently turned to farming full-time.

We learn about:

1. Participatory Rangeland Management and why it is so important to involve women in land management practices

2. How to manage soil erosion

3. How to create water points for your cows

4. How to finance value additions

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 14: Solar power irrigation system, Finance & Nutrition

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This week we’re in we’re in N’gong, Kajiado County. We’re visiting farmers Eva and Jeremiah. The last time we were here (One year ago) we helped install a solar pump to help irrigate the crops.

So we want to find out if the system has been working well and learn more.

On this farm we learn about:

1. Benefits of installing a Solar power irrigation system

2. The benefits of financial planning

3. Good nutrition for expectant and breastfeeding mothers

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 15: Dairy hygiene & Calf management, Chicken & Finance

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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

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 17: Solar water pump, Improved Kienyeji & Calf rearing

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Today we are in Machakos county the home of some of the world's mysteries.

With unpredictable changes in the weather pattern farmers have suffered immense effects of climate change. The farmer we are visiting today has proved that with determination and commitment farming can be done here.

Today we’re visiting Rachael and her farm manager Isaac. They have been working together for one and half years and are set to get better as a team

This week we are going to learn about:

1. Calf rearing and housing

2. Kienyeji/Improve Chicken

3. Financing chicken house

4. Solar pump installation

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 19: Dairy, Manure, Pollination and Financing beehives

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This week we’re Machakos County, Kithini village and we are visiting a family that is combining efforts to reap the benefits of farming.

Their efforts have been celebrated by local universities and part of their farm is being used as a demonstration farm

On this farm we get to see fish farming, fruit tree farming, vegetable farming, livestock farming, and rain water harvesting among others…

We are visiting farmers Jacob and wife Margaret Musau

Let’s go and learn more:

1) Dairy Management

2) Manure management

3) Open Pollination

4) Financing beehives

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 20: Dairy Cows, Nutrition, Finances and maize store

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This week we’re visiting a land full of rivers and streams, they flow from the mighty Mt Kenya to irrigate the shambas all across this county and we’re visiting a farmer who has also learnt how to channel her energies.

She not only has a shamba, she has an AgroVet shop as well, so let’s see how she manages to keep them both flowing sweet in this land of milk and honey.

We are in Embu County and visiting farmer Nessy Kivyo.

Let’s go and learn more about:

1) Dairy Cows Protein and Termites

2) Nutrition - Fortified

3) Financial Literacy - AgroVet

4) Maize Storage

Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 22: Striga weeds, Financing, Fertiliser and Calliandra

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This week we are in Kitinda Village, Bungoma County and we are visiting farmer Eveline Nekesa. A maize farmer asked us to visit her farm and we’re off to me her, she has had some challenges with her maize so we want to find out how we can be of help

Let’s go and learn more:

1) Striga Weed

2) Financing of a Dairy cow

3) Biochar Fertilizer

4) Calliandra Nursery and planting