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Shamba Shape Up : Series 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 1: Seed Varieties, Maize Treatment, Maize

The Shape Up team visit George's shamba. We help him to choose the right seed variety to plant, using solar power & the correct was to use a urea treatment of maize stover and to plant maize.

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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 : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 3: Maize, Cow Supplements, OFSP, Fertiliser & Sunflower Seeds

SSU is in Uganda for the first time where we meet Irene and John. We take a look at their cows, who need some more minerals, OFSP, quality protein maize, soil fertility, rainwater harvesting and seeds

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 5: Chicken, IR Maize, OFSP, Farmer's group and Solar lamp

We are in Siaya county with Robert and Grace to learn all about planting OFSP, keeping chickens, IR maize and Striga weeds, D.light solar lamps and why being in a farmers group is a good idea

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 16: IR Maize, Biogas, Diversification, Chickens & Solar lights

A busy episode ahead at Elizabeth's shamba in Nyanza. We learn about IR maize, why diversification is important, chickens, using biogas and d.Light solar lamps.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 18: IR Maize, Storage, Poultry & Indigenous Vegetables

We meet Eric and Leonida from Vihiga, Nyanza to learn about planting IR maize, African indigenous vegetables, crop protection and storage, youth and poultry, and solar lights.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 4: MLND Maize, Chicken, beans, sunflowers and soil testing

We are visiting John's farm in Jinja, Uganda for the first episode of the new series. We look at maize disease MLND, planting, chickens, beans, sunflowers and soil testing.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 8: Newcastle Disease, Solar Light, Maize, Apples, Cow health

We are on Paul & Robina's farm in Iganga, Uganda to learn more about Newcastle Disease in chickens, using solar light, growing Quality Protein Maize, cow health & grafting apple trees.

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 : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 20: Chicken House, Maize, Maize Storage, Post Harvest Losses

We are in Arusha, Tanzania at Lazaro's Farm. We help him improve the housing for his chicken, to improve his maize plantation and how to properly store his grain to avoid post harvest losses.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 2: Maize, Chicken, Farmer Groups

We are in Sing'isi village, Mt Meru region in Tanzania at Mr Barnabas Palanyo's shamba. We introduce him to fertilisers to improve his maize crop, vaccinate his cows against East Coast Fever and tell him about the benefits of farmer groups.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 4: Cattle, Chicken, Maize Varieties

We are in Kajiado county at Mr And Mrs Penori's Shamba. We look at how to get good prices for cattle at the market, vaccinate their chicken and learn about seed varieties.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 7: Maize, Tomatoes, French Beans and Green House

We are in Meru county at Stephen and Agnes' shamba. We do a soil test to find out the health of their soil, show them how to deal with greenhouse pests and how to reduce post harvest losses. We also try to get them back into french bean farming.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 26: Conservation Agriculture, Pigeon Peas, Collective Marketing

We are in Makueni County at Theresia's Shamba. We have a new maize variety for her and an expert on the health benefits of pigeon peas. We also introduce her to conservation agriculture, collective marketing and contract farming.

Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 3: Maize, Bananas, Fertilisers and Solar power

We are in Busia County at Crescent and Evelyn Joya's Shamba.We look at how to handle MLND disease in maize an the use of certified seeds when planting for high yield. We also have a look at his bananas which are infected by nematodes, introduce him to plant specific fertilizers and a Solar home system.

Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 20: Maize, Fertilisers, Conservation Agriculture

We are in Uasin Gishu County visiting Steven and Lenah Rotich. We do a soil test, introduce them to crop specific fertilisers and conservation agriculture to help improve the yield on their farm. We also learn about the benefits of solar power and how to save money in the kitchen with an energy saving jiko.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 2: Watermelons, Green Maize, Dairy Cows

We are in Kirinyaga County visiting John and Martha. Sticking to our theme of farming as a business, we introduce them to crop specific fertilizers and certified seeds to help increase their yield thus increasing profits.We also look at pests and diseases affecting their watermelons and dairy cows.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 11: Soil Health, Dairy Calf, Maize Storage

We are in Bungoma County visiting Betty Naliaka. We learn the importance of doing a soil test to know which nutrients are lacking in the soil and which fertilizers to use. We also learn how to properly rear healthy dairy calves and how to safely store maize after harvest.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 13: Dairy Fertility, Carrots, Maize Storage

We are in Molo visiting Carol and Weldon Cheruiyot. We first do a soil test then have a look at how to improve their dairy cows fertility by using supplements and targeted breeding. We also advice them on the carrot variety to plant in order to increase yield, learn how to properly harvest and store maize, introduce them to a solar home system and inform them on the benefits of having a pickup on the shamba.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 15: Post-Harvest Storage, Dairy Cows, Farm Transport

We are in Njoro, Nakuru County visiting Mr and Mrs Riungu. We learn how to feed dairy cows in different stages of production in order to get maximum milk yield and how to properly store maize after harvest. We also do a soil test and inform them about the benefits of having a pickup for farm transport.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 18: Pig Farming, Digi Farm, Post Harvest Losses

We are in Meru County visiting a farm manager Alex Maingi. We introduce him to Digi Farm a mobile phone platform that is making farmers lives easier, do a soil test and get an expert on fertilisers. We also have a look at improving his pigs, educate him on the impact of climate change and how to properly store his maize to avoid post harvest losses.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 20: Maize

We have a special program on maize .

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 11: Green Maize, Agricultural Insurance, Bag Gardens

We are in Ndeiya Kiambu County visiting Moses Njiriri and his family. We learn about the advantages and disadvantages of targeting the green maize market and the benefits of having agricultural insurance. We also look at how to prevent soil erosion and building bag gardens.

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 12: Conservation Agriculture, Maize Storage, Farm Transport

We are in Sirende, Bungoma County visiting Vincent Okumu and his family. We get to learn more about Conservation Agriculture and how to adapt to climate change. We also look at how to properly store maize after storage and introduce him to a convenient mode of farm transport.

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 15: Maize Post Harvest Storage

In this episode we visit farmers across East Africa to see how they handle their maize after harvest.

Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn10 - Ep 12: Trees, Pigeon peas, Top-dressing, conservation Agriculture

Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.

This week we look back at the past years the team has visited farmers across the country to learn how they can adapt to changing weather pattern.

We visit Alexander and Ruth in Makueni county and get to learn about the importance of Trees, how to plant and best trees to plant in your area. Also we learn how to get big crop from planting pigeon peas.

We also learn about the importance of Top dressing and how to Top dress your Maize and we learn about the importance and how to do Conservation Agriculture

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 20: harvest & Post-Harvest losses, Maize, M-kopa & EPC

Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.

We are in kibwezi visiting Anna and Jons Ngei farm.

We learn how to avoid food losses at the harvest and post-Harvest stage and key technologies in handling maize.

Benefits of joining a fully digitalised revolution of farming by getting a smart phone to help you in farming

Introduce you to digital cooking using Electric Pressure Cooker.

Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 20:Post harvest storage, Seed treatment ,Agroforestry&Soil Cover

Welcome to shamba shape up

This week we’re in Tharaka Nithi and we’re visiting Alfred and Philippine Mwathi.

This week we are learning about:

1) Learn about storing maize

2) Treating seeds for the new planting season

3) How to manage your trees

4) Keep your soil moist by mulching

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 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 16: Sheep management, Tomato, Maize Insurance & Marketing

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we’re in Kajiado County known for wildlife and domestic livestock and we’re visiting farmer Sister Lucy at the Loreto Sisters. This is a rescue center that hosts a number of girls from different communities. Let’s find out the challenges they are having and how we can assist

This week we are going to learn about:

1. Sheep management

2. Livestock marketing

3. Manage farming with climate change – Tomatoes

4. How crop insurance can help manage climate change risks

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

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

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

Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - DLTP Short Clips: Maize advice

Maize advice

Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - DLTP Short Clips: Not just maize

Not just maize

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 5(UG): Organic Farming, Maize & Beans, Soil testing and OFSP

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

Today we’re in Namang’ang’a village, in Mukono. And we’re here to meet with Robert Ssebuyungu, the chairman of a group of 30 farmers called Balikyewunya. Robert and his wife Noeline have five children. They’re both hardworking farmers who grow maize, nakati, cassava and sweet potatoes on their two acres.

No surprises there! But wait… Robert and his group of farmers decided to go organic this year. Now that’s unusual!

In this farm we are learning about:

1. Organic Farming

2. Maize and beans

3. Nakati good farm management

4. Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 9(UG): Maize, Push & pull, Bananas, Cattle and Coffee

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

Today we’re in Kirumba village in Masaka and we’re visiting farmers Joseph Asimwe and Stephen Begumisa, very successful farmers.

Joseph used to be an accountant, but at retirement he became a full-time farmer.

And he takes farming very seriously! He started off with 6 acres and now owns 89 acres of land and he’s still counting. Farming is a business for him!

Joseph grows coffee of course and it’s his main livelihood, he also grows bananas & beans, has planted trees, pasture for his 30 heads of cattle, 20 acres of maize which can bring him up to 50 tons in a good season

That’s when his maize is not attacked by a dreaded pest…

So, let’s first take a look at that!

In this farm we learn about:

1) Maize: Push and pull against Fall Army Worm

2) Bananas: pest and diseases

3) Spraying and deworming cattle

4) Coffee – Pest and diseases

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 13(UG): Coffee, Maize and Beans, Finances

Meet 30yrs. old Nabulya Florence and her husband Isaac Lwanga and their children

The couple recently moved to their 3 and half acres piece of land in Sserinya village, Bukomansibi District.

Before the outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic, Florence ran a successful tailoring business in town and her husband dealt in retail trade.

Following the job losses and closure of their small businesses, the couple returned to agriculture t activities to manage and survive the crisis

Let’s go and assist them.

We learn about:

1) Coffee Plantation

2) How to plant and the best varieties for maize and beans.

3) Finances: To seasonal crops which will help them boost their income

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 14(UG): Coffee, Maize, Push & pull and Passion fruits

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

We’re in Walukoto village in Mayuge and we’re visiting Hussein Buyiima and his family on their farm. This is a very close-knit family!

At 54 years of age, Hussein is the proud owner of 11 acres. In addition, he also takes care of his father’s 8-acre farm.

Hussein grows many crops: coffee, cocoa, passion fruits, maize, beans and cassava tomatoes, green pepper and avocados.

His wife Hajira is exclusively in charge of the cassava and beans. The rest is on Hussein, but the crops that he really likes are coffee and passion fruit and maize is of course a must for food security, so we’ll focus on these three crops!

In this farm we are learning about:

1) Coffee harvest + checking market prices on app.

2) Maize varieties

3) Maize push and pull method against fall armyworm

4) Passion fruit: Pests and diseases

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 19(UG): Coffee, Maize Push & Pull, Banana and Beans

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

This week we’re in Katuba village in Iganga and we’re visiting Stephen Kakuma, a farmer and a trainer of good agronomic practices for coffee.

Stephen Kakuma is 46 years old and father of 10 children. He says he “needs” more. He has 7 acres of land on which he grows coffee (4 acres), bananas (1 acre) and maize (2 acres). He wants to increase his coffee to 7 acres so that he can go commercial. Last season he harvested about 1600kgs. Stephen has been trained by Café Africa and A2N and he is a trainer himself. But he still has challenges, especially with the black coffee twig borer. Although he knows what he has to do, the pest keeps coming back from his neighbours’ plantations. He talks to them but improvement is very slow. He also has an unknown pest that is affecting the bottom of the tree in the rainy season.

Wants to focus more on goats rather than dairy

The other challenges on his farm include the banana bacterial wilt and FAW on the maize.

He has 1 cow and three goats, but he wants to focus more on goats rather than dairy because they’re easier to keep.

In this farm we learn about:

1) Coffee: Pest and diseases plus raising awareness

2) Maize Fall Army Worm Push and Pull

3) Matoke management: Banana bacterial wilt

4) Iron rich bean varieties

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 20(UG): chicken, Maize Push & Pull, Banana and OFSP

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

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 22(UG): Coffee and Banana management, Maize and Sukuma Wiki

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

This week we’re in Kawete village in Iganga and we’re visiting Our lively farmer Paul Igulo, who is 71 years old, but he can give youngsters a run for their money when it comes to energy. Paul has always been a farmer; it was practically decided for him from birth!

We’re here to shape up his 20-acre farm. Where he grows anything that you can plant: Coffee, maize, Cocoa, vanilla, g/nuts, bananas, cabbage, green pepper, Sukuma, eggplant, pawpaw, oranges, avocado you name it.

In this farm we will focus on the following Item:

1) Coffee: management (weeds, stumps)

2) Bananas: new varieties

3) Maize: new varieties and weeds

4) Sukuma wiki (varieties, management)

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Planting

Maize Planting

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Push pull and stalk borer

Maize Push pull and stalk borer

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Seeds Selecting right seed

Maize Seeds Selecting right seed

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Using Fertilizer

Maize Using Fertilizer

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Harvesting and storage

Maize Harvesting and storage

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize for your area

SMS KEPHIS to find out the best maize variety for your area, and the benefits of fertilizer

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Storing Maize

How to correctly store maize to reduce post harvest losses

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Shelling Maize

How to shell maize - the easy way!

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize & Beans Intercropping

Intercropping maize and beans.

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Storage

How to store maize effectively

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Mobile for maize variety

George learns that he could use his mobile phone to get information from KEPHIS about what maize variation he could plan in his area.

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Pests

Maize and diseases.

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maize Virus

Keeping maize healthy.

Partner's Clips - Maize_Maize Planting

How to plant maize for good results

Partner's Clips - Maize_Maize Management

How to keep your maize healthy and get good yields

Partner's Clips - Maize_Maize Pests & Diseases

How to reduce pests and diseases in your maize

Partner's Clips - Maize_Maize Harvesting & Storage

When to harvest and how to store maize so it lasts longer

Shamba Shape Up Season 13 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 13 - Ep 1: Soil test, Minimum Tillage, Herbicide, Climate Literacy & Electric Pressure Cooker

Welcome to the 13th Year of Shamba Shape Up! On our first episode, we are in the foothills of the Aberdare’s in, Miharati, Nyandarua county. We’re visiting the young farmer John Gatimu. John has taken over running his father’s farm and is working hard to turn around the farms fortunes, by trying various modern methods of farming. He has cows, sheep and grows maize for consumption and fodder. He also grows millet for fodder and is currently trying out peas to sell. Together with join and our amazing experts, we learn all about: Why and how to do a soil test. 1. How to clear your field of weeds before planting maize. 2. Learning how to understand climate 3. Minimum tillage with a tractor And Using solar to cook with the electric pressure cooker