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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 : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 14: Biogas, ECF, Certified Seed, Fodder and Solar light

We meet Jospeh and Florence in Kisarian who need help with using biogas, protecting cows against ECF, choosing good seeds, feeding correct fodder & using solar light.

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 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 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 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 18: Cattle, Pasture, Solar pump & Rain water harvest

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up

Today we are in Kajiado county. Kajiado name comes from the word Olkeju-ado. Which means "The Long River" in the Maasai language.

We’re visiting a Masai elder Mr. Makui who is working with other farmers in the community to mitigate climate change. Makui is not only a family man but also an elder who is involved in matters affecting his community.

They have a large farm where they keep cows, grow and preserve pasture, maize and beans.

Let’s go and see what we can learn from this farm:

     1. Cattle milk

     2. Solar water pump installation

     3. Rain water harvest

     4. Supplementary fodder production

Partner's Clips - Dairy_Planting Fodder

Setting up a nursery for fodder grasses