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Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - Don't Lose the Plot Series 1 - Episode 8: Issah " I'm going to be the winner "

Our farmers have been hard at work getting their farms planted.In the next few episodes we will focus on one farmer so that we can clearly follow each farmers progress. Up next is Issah. He decided to have broiler chicken, butternut, spinach and kales on his acre.

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

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 1: Sorghum, Certified seeds, Chicken, OFSP and Dairy feeding

We visit Gideon & Alice in Nakuru to shape up their shamba for the new series! We look at their cows (feeding), OFSP (planting & storage), chickens (housing, vaccine & supplements) & sorghum.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 4: OFSP, Kienyeji Chickens, Vegetables and Capsicum Nursery

We visit Beatrice and Nicodemus in Nyeri to learn more about OFSP, keeping Kienjeyi & KARI chickens (housing & vaccines), planting veg (sukuma, spinach & capsicums) and the STRIDE programme.

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 6: Evergreen Farming, Chicken, Tomatoes and Water harvest

We meet young farmer Kioko in Embu to learn about keeping chickens, evergreen agriculture, making a farm plan, using pesticides on sukuma and tomatoes and keeping diary cows.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 7: Dairy Cows, Chicken, Fertiliser and Vegetables

We visit Leah and Wilson on their shamba in Eldoret to learn about the ECF vaccine and looking after cows, keeping healthy chickens, and how to plant vegetables so they grow well.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 9: Beans, OFSP, Chickens and Water Harvest

We are in Bungoma with Jackson and Zipporah looking at planting healthy beans, orange fleshed sweet potatoes, keeping poultry for the youth, d.light solar lamps and rainwater harvesting.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 12: Chickens, Farm Plan, Potatoes and Courgettes

We are in Naro Moru to meet Facebook competition winner Eric and his parents. We learn about keeping chickens, how to make a farm plan, planting potatoes and diseases in courgettes.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 13 Recap: OFSP, Chicken, Pest & Disease and Solar light

We go back to meet farmers from the series and see how they are doing since their shape up. We look at OFSP, chickens, beans and cabbages, d.light lamps and pests and diseases in tomatoes.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 15: Chicken, Solar Light, Certified Seeds and Water harvest

We visit Emmanuel in Kisarian who needs a shape up of his chickens (hatching, breeding and feeding), solar light, water harvesting and planting certified seeds.

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 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 20 Recap: Chickens, Cows, Tomatoes and Solar lights

We go back to visit farmers from the series to see how they are getting on with the chickens, cows, tomatoes, trees and solar lights.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - hamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 21: Chickens, Seed Selection, Animal Health and Sorghum

We visit Lydia from Kitui who is having problems with her chickens feeding & housing, as well as other animals in her shamba, we learn about seed selection, growing sorghum & solar lights.

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 25: Beans, Fertiliser, ECF, Chicken and Certified Seeds

We are back in Uganda to meet Lorna and John. We look at growing beans, ECF disease in cattle, using fertilisers on soil, keeping healthy chickens and using certified seeds for planting.

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 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 10: Chickens, Horticulture, Soil Erosion, Solar, Indigenous Vegetables

We visit Grace on her shamba in Meru, Tanzania to learn more about keeping healthy chicken, fruits, using solar light for good health, growing African indigenous vegetables and mulching.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 11: Re-visit

We go back to visit some of the shaped-up shambas of the past couple of episodes to see how the farmers have been getting on with their new shamba. Join us to see the improvements made.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 12: Bananas, Cow Feed, Chicken Health

We visit Robert and Joy at their shamba in Jinja, Uganda. Learn about pests and diseases in banana production, the proper feed for your cows to increase milk production and chicken health

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 13: Fodder, Chicken vaccination, Soil test, Resistant crops

We visit Pamela And Joseph in Homa Bay county. Learn about growing fodder crops and their advantages, vaccinating chicken, soil testing and drought resistant crops. 

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

We are at Leonard's farm in Bomet county. We help him with his chicken, show him the viazi power method of growing potatoes, test his soil and show him how to identify fake chemicals.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 16: Chicken, Family Nutrition, Dairy feeds

We are in Iganga District, Uganda at Peter and Mary's farm. Learn how to identify good layers in your chicken, proper cow feed to increase milk production and good nutrition for the family.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 16: Chicken, Family Nutrition, Dairy feeds

We are in Iganga District, Uganda at Peter and Mary's farm. Learn how to identify good layers in your chicken, proper cow feed to increase milk production and good nutrition for the family.

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 : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 23: Soil test, Solar lights, Chicken, Dairy Cows, Internet

We are in Amaiga, Kisii County at Paul's Farm. We help him improve his onions after doing a soil test, teach him about properly managing his dairy cows and his chicken.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 25: Chickens, Climate change, Nutrition, Rice and Soil health

We are in Meru district, Arusha, Tanzania at Lilian's Shamba. We bring in experts to help her with Chicken Vaccination on Newcastle disease, Climate adaptation, Nutrition,, rice production and Soil health.

Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 26: Tomatoes, Chicken, Fodder Shrubs

We visit four farmers that we had worked with earlier on to see how they are getting on with their shambas.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 1: Chicken, Capsicum, Cow Heat

We are in Kikuyu at Samuel Kamau's shamba. We bring him some Kenbro chicks and have a look at his capsicum greenhouse. We also show him how to identify when his cows are on heat and seed selection.

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 9: Mangoes, Chicken, Solar Lights

We are in Bukedia District in Uganda at John and Dimitria Okedi's shamba. We test their soil to find out how to make it better and how to get better prices for their mangoes. We also vaccinate their chicken and introduce them to solar lights.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 11: Bag Garden, Broiler Chicken, Dairy Cows

We are back in Embu at Hellen's Shamba. We visited her one year ago and we want to see how she is doing. We have look at her dairy cows, vaccinate her chicken, introduce her to bag gardens and bring her some broiler chicken.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 14: Nutrition, Seed Selection, Layers

We are back at Charles Kuraru's Shamba in Narok County. We tell him about the importance of a good breakfast to start the day, how to do proper seed selection and bring him some layer chicken to start off his chicken business. We also put a solar lantern in his store.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 16: East Coast Fever, Layers, Farmer Groups

We are in Mbale, Uganda at Robert's farm. We vaccinate his cows against East Coast Fever, advice him on the right feed to increase his cows milk production and have a look at his layer chicken. We also tell him about the benefits of being in a farmer group.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 18: Tomatoes, Potatoes, Kenbro Chicken and Solar Lights

We are in Elgeyo-Marakwet County at Abraham and Priscilla's shamba. We have a look at their greenhouse tomatoes, tell them about the right fertilisers to use for potatoes and advice them on how to get loans in order to grow their farming business. We also bring them some Kenbro chicken and introduce them to solar lights.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 19: Rice, East Coast Fever, Newcastle Disease

We are back in Arusha, Tanzania to lend our help to Ndetaniswa once more. We examine her rice fields and show her how to control rice blast so as to improve her harvest. We also vaccinate her chickens against Newcastle Disease, advise her on how to increase her dairy milk production and vaccinate her cows against East Coast Fever.

Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 21: Baobab Nutrition, Mango Post Harvest, Kenbro Chicken

We visit Mwinyi and his wife in Kwale county. Learn about the nutritional value of baobab, mango post harvest processing, how to build a brooding pen and raise Kenbro chicken for sale and, the benefits of keeping good farm records.

Shamba Shape Up Season 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 1: Coffee Fertiliser, Record Keeping, Kienyeji Chicken

We are in Kiambu County visiting David and Hanna Muniu. They are serious Coffee farmers. We help them improve their record keeping, have a look at their Kienyeji Chicken, do a soil test and introduce them to a good coffee fertiliser. We also have a look at the importance of soil conservation.

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 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 19: Tomatoes, Kienyeji Chicken, Dairy Cows

We are in Kiambu county visiting Michael and Pauline Murito. We have a look at the pests and diseases affecting his greenhouse tomatoes and learn about a new targeted feeding system for kienyeji birds. We also learn about the importance of hygiene in keeping dairy cows.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 7: Onions, Layer Chicken, Fodder Crops

We are in Eldoret, Uasin Ngishu County visiting Karen Langat. We have a look at improving her already booming layer chicken business and advice her on the importance of soil testing when growing fodder crops.She wants to venture into the onion business so we bring in an expert to advice her and also show her the benefits of owning a tractor.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 9: Broiler Chicken, Potatoes, Cabbages

We are in Trans-Nzoia County just outside Kitale visiting Christine and her friend Josephine. We learn how to properly feed broiler chicken in order to get them to good selling weight and how to increase the yield in potatoes by using soil testing and fertilisers. We also help deal with pests and diseases in their cabbages and introduce them to an expert on farm transport.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 22: Kienyeji Chicken

We have a special episode on rearing Kienyeji chicken.

Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 23: Broilers & Layers

We have a special episode on rearing Broilers and Layers.

Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 11: Kienyeji Chicken

Welcome to Shamba Shape up

In this special episode of Shamba Shape Up, we look back at some of the best episodes on chicken farming.

We look at good housing, feeding, managing of pest and disease and good record keeping gives farmers healthy and productive kienyeji chicken.

Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 23: Beef Cattle management, Nutrition & Electric pressure cooker

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

This weekend we have got a special treat for you

We’re in Oloosirkon in Rongai and we’re meeting with Stephen Ole Suntai, our farmer/expert who is a vet working with CKL Africa

We are learning about:

1) Managing beef cattle

2) Good nutrition for your family 

3) Chicken nutrition

4) Cooking with Electric pressure cooker

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

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up 

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

Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - DLTP Short Clips: Different types of Chicken farming

Different types of Chicken farming

Layers, Broilers and Kenbro

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 3(UG): Cabbage, Water harvest, Soil test, Poultry hygiene & Banana

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

Today we’re in Kirowoza Village, in Mukono and we’re visiting farmers Moses and Miriam Sabika and their family on their one-and-a-half-acre farm “Momisa”. 

“Momisa” for Moses and Miriam, I guess! Our farmers have four children and eight grandchildren and they all love farming.

One daughter is trying her hand at rearing rabbits; the grandchildren are taking care of the pigs  and I’m sure the twins will end up farming too. But, where does this passion come from?

In this farm we are learning about:

     1. Water harvesting and Cabbages

     2. Soil testing

     3. Poultry hygiene

     4. Bananas good farm management

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1- Ep 7(UG): Weeding, Coffee, Chicken hygiene and Dairy Fertility

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

Today we’re in Kakunyu village, Kalungu district, MASAKA and we’re visiting farmer Francis Ssemakula.

At 79 years old, Francis Ssemakula, is a treasure trove of the history of Villa Maria, Masaka. Francis has been a farmer for over 50 years, even though he has studied political science, project management and community development, in Europe, in the late 1960s. 

He has a 10-acre farm and has given an additional 6 acres to his son Innocent, who’s also a school teacher. But Innocent wants to listen in and learn from our experts. 

They both grow coffee, bananas, maize also has a cow and chicken, but he has some challenges

In this farm we are learning about:

    1. Getting rid of weeds in a coffee plantation

     2. Chicken house hygiene

     3. Chicken Vaccination

     4. Dairy Fertility

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 11(UG):Chicken management, Coffee management & Brazil spacing

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

We’re in Kasaana village in Masaka and we’re visiting a very hard-working farmer, Mike Ssemaganda and his family, on his 20-acre farm. 

Mike has 13 children and only stopped having more when his 3-year-old twins were born. He doesn’t believe in small scale, neither with family nor with farm!

Apart from his 20 acres, our farmer has bought 80 acres of land 54kms away from his homestead, because where he lives, he can’t find such big stretches of land anymore.

We told you this farmer doesn’t believe in small scale! 

But we’re going to concentrate on this farm here, where he has two coffee plantations and 1700 chickens… 500 layers and 1200 chicks! And I’m sure he has challenges, so we’re going to look into that.

Let’s go and learn:

     1. Chicken:

           i. Housing, hygiene, spraying 

           ii. Feeding, vaccination, prevention of diseases

     2. Coffee:

           i. Old plantation management

           ii. Brazilian spacing advantages and disadvantages

Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 16(UG): Pasture & storage, Dairy AI, Poultry Housing & Management

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!

This week we’re in Kasutaime village in Mayuge and we want to see what our 35-year-old farmer, Gerald Machario, is doing on his 12 acres.

Like most farms here, Gerald’s land is fragmented. He still grows sugarcane, bananas, maize and beans but it’s mainly for home consumption. 

But he now has a new project on six acres and it’s not crop: he wants to focus on kuroiler chicken, cows and pastures, is it because it’s more profitable than any other crop… I mean no coffee Gerald?

Let’s go and learn more:

           1) Chicken: 

               • Management of existing kuroilers

               • Housing spacing, feeders, drinkers + perches

           2) Pasture varieties and properties + storage

           3) Cows improving breeds and using Artificial Insemination

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 Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up Clips - Improving The Chicken House

We have a look at the proper hygiene practices when keeping chicken,

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Healthy Layer Hens

Advice on keeping your layer hens healthy and happy and getting a good yield

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Cost Breakdown of Keeping Chickens

A simple cost breakdown of keeping a flock of healthy indigenous chickens.

Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Maintaining Healthy Chickens

Treating your chickens with antibiotics and preventing parasitic infection. S01Ep05

Shamba Shape Up Season 13 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 13 - Ep 3: Poultry, Finances, Pest & Disease Management, Silage making

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up. This week we’re in Kimuka, behind the majestic Ngong Hills. We are visiting the young, passionate farmer James Ndichu. James grows onions, greens and tomatoes and had a water pan, that he uses for irrigation. Has some Kienyeji chicken and cows that need some help. We learn about: 1. Taking care of your chicken. 2. How to reduce climate risk by making Silage. 3. How to safely control pests & diseases. 4. Managing your finances.