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Shamba Shape Up Season 10

Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn10 - Ep 14: Orange Fleshed sweet potato, Electric Pressure cooker

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

This week we are going to see how you can make most out of your farm products and boost your immune system on Learning on saving in your kitchen.

This episode we dig into the most traditional of African culture - FOOD, what we eat, where we get and how we cook it.

We remind ourselves about Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato, on how to plant, harvest and how to use it in our everyday food.

We also learn about the modern stove that is Electric Pressure cooker and how it helps you to save money, time and solve / avoid the smoke issue.

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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.

Mpeke Town Season 1 - Mpeke Town Series 1 - Episode 10: "Every Dog Has His Day"

HARVESTING, DRYING, SHELLING, STORAGE Isabella and the VSLA youth launch their initiative to work together as they harvest, dry, store, save to buy a shelling machine for their maize and also look for good market prices.

USE OF TRACTORS (MECHANIZATION), VALUE ADDITION, BEST MARKET Aggrey tries to convince Jenny to see things from his perspective about farmers using the tractor to improve on their lives he doesn’t know what she has in store for him.

FARMING AS A FAMILY BUSINESS, STORAGE, DRYING The Ssebyuuma’s democratically decide on who is going to run the family business.

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 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 6: Quality Quantity

Otai & Crescent have become very strict with the quality of produce they take from Mpeke Town Farmers. Get a walk through produce quality and value practices.

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 12: The value added life

Isaiah's product does not impress Crescent for funding. He receives constructive criticism and collaborates with Maryann to improve their product.

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

PP learns the importance of keeping milk fresh and Margaret doesn't want to tell Matano she is HIV positive. Jonathan is running for councilor.

Mpeke Town Season 2 - Mpeke Town Series 2 - Episode 18: Are you mad?

Isaiah secures a job in the city. Will he take it despite the back clash?

Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - Don't Lose the Plot Series 1 - Episode 10: Sasa?

It's been an incredible journey. The second rainy season is just around the corner and it is time for our farmers to start planting their second season crops. An old friend comes to visit our farmers to see what they learned and how they fared in the first planting season. They also get some tips on market research and value addition.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 13: Ducks, Cassava, Sorghum and Value Addition

We are in Busia at Praxedece Magero's shamba. We have a look at her ducks, show her how to properly dry and store cassava and show her  how to improve her soil health. We also teach her about the benefits of sorghum and how to cook delicious and healthy sorghum chapatis.

Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 21: Value Addition, Farmer Groups, Bananas

We are in Kajiado county visiting Joseph and Esther. We look at improving milk transport for their farmers group with the Bolero milk body and value addition to improve their profits. We also introduce them to crop specific fertilisers for bananas and an energy saving jiko for their kitchen.

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 5: Mangoes, Insurance, Energy Saving Jiko

We are in Kithoni village Makueni county visiting Frederick and Elizabeth Ikulume. We have a look at the pests and diseases affecting their mangoes and how to increase profits by reducing wastage of mangoes using a pulping machine. We also introduce them to the benefits of having insurance and using an energy saving jiko.

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 17: Mangoes, Agricultural Insurance

This episode is dedicated to mangoes, how to manage them, market them and not forgetting value addition. We also look at how insurance can benefit farmers.

Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 10 - Ep 7: Quality meat, OFSP Product, Conservation Agriculture

Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary. We have something special for you; we have a series about food security and quality. We head to supermarkets counter and see how to get best meat for your meal and more on sweet-fleshed potato products. We also visit a young farmer Francis Mwangi in Muranga County to learn how to prepare field using conservation agriculture and improve the crops & raise profits by planting trees around the field.

Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn10 - Ep 14: Orange Fleshed sweet potato, Electric Pressure cooker

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

This week we are going to see how you can make most out of your farm products and boost your immune system on Learning on saving in your kitchen.

This episode we dig into the most traditional of African culture - FOOD, what we eat, where we get and how we cook it.

We remind ourselves about Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato, on how to plant, harvest and how to use it in our everyday food.

We also learn about the modern stove that is Electric Pressure cooker and how it helps you to save money, time and solve / avoid the smoke issue.

Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 13:Solar power irrigation system, Dairy farming & value addition

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This week we are in Githiga in Ndumberi division, Kiambu County. We are visiting farmer George Kairu.

This week we learn about:

1) Solar power irrigation system maintenance

2) Dairy farming (Production and breeding)

3) Value addition