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Shamba Shape Up Season 12

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

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

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

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Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 6: Cow Care, Soil test, Pest & Disease & Financial Literacy

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Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 3: "Loan Me Not"

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FINANCIAL LITERACY (CREDIT WORTHINESS, COLLATERAL) The women in the SACCO learn more from Otai on better ways to access finances and loans. Otai opens their eyes to the fact that Aggrey has been exploiting them with the high interest rates.

IMPROVE MILK PRODUCTION Alphonse learns from Benson that he can improve on his milk production and produce more than two litres per day. Benson tells him about improving the feeds for the cows and also asks him to consider owning a new breed.

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 7: "Together As One"

FAKE CHEMICALS Isaiah in a bid to make up for his mistakes to Isabella makes things worse by using fake weed killer destroying some of her crop. He learns that quick fixes are never the way out.

GOOD PRACTISES VIA COFFEE, WORKING TOGETHER AS COUPLES, JOINT ACCOUNTS, SAVING The women are determined to make the men listen and agree on working together as partners in- order to improve on their lively hoods by saving together and making important decisions.

PROPER MANAGMENT OF CO-OPS Aggrey gets suspended from the Co-operative for duping one of the members selling him poor quality coffee berries knowingly, and not sharing important knowledge on coffee as a member.

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.

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Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 9: Financial Literacy, Viazi Power, Top Dressing, goats & sheep

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Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 15: Chicken, Potatoes, Financial Literacy, Soil test, Chemicals

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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 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 4: Nutrition, Tomato, Dairy Financing & Milk production

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re in Gatundu in Embu County and we’re visiting a young farming family, farmers Rosemary and Evans.

We want to find out why they chose to work as farmers because faming can be hard work and how do they balance both farming and family?

Let’s find out how they’re doing it and if they need any help.

On this farm we learn about:

     1. Child nutrition

     2. Tomato nursery

     3. Dairy financing

     4. Milk production

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

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

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

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

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 6(UG): Coffee, OFSP, Financial Literacy and Kitchen garden

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

Today we’re in Kirumba Village, Lwengo District and we’re visiting farmer Mourice Mujuni and his wife Nakavuma

Working hard together the grow a variety of crops and keep livestock but their main income comes from their coffee.

They were both teachers at a local school but after teaching for 16 years Mourice decided to quit his teaching job and concentrate on their farming activities.

In this farm we are learning about:

     1. How to improve Coffee yield through Stumping

     2. Boosting family nutrition through OFSP

     3. Financial literacy

     4. Setting up a kitchen garden