Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 9: Pasture production, Beehives, Goat and Finances
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This week we’re in Baringo county. We’re searching for gold, but we’re not going to be mining under the ground no we’re looking towards the skies because this is liquid gold from the honey bees of Baringo.
We’re visiting bee keeper Simon Chesang. Their farm covers 30 acres. And Simon doesn’t only keep bees for honey, he’s a livestock farmer too.
So, join us as we find out more:
1. How community management can benefit dryland areas
2. How to finance your bee business and grow
3. Keeping goats in a changing climate
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 13: PRM technology & Gender, SoilErosion, Pasture & Finances
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This week we’re in Baringo county. This is a dryland area, so farming has adapted to lower rainfall but now with climate change, there are new challenges as well so to get the best out of the land, farmers work together to share the land as a group.
We want to find out how they do this, and what new technologies they’ve adopted.
We’re meeting Pastoralists Reuben and Florence. They are teachers as well as farmers, although Reuben has recently turned to farming full-time.
We learn about:
1. Participatory Rangeland Management and why it is so important to involve women in land management practices
2. How to manage soil erosion
3. How to create water points for your cows
4. How to finance value additions
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 18: Cattle, Pasture, Solar pump & Rain water harvest
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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
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 12(UG): Coffee plantation, Cow Pasture, Pest and diseases
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Meet 50 yrs. old Benon, he originally from bushenyi area and moved to this area in the early 1990’s. He’s been farming for the last 20 years
Working hard he grows a variety of crops and keep livestock - but this main income comes from coffee
Benon also has some challenges with his cattle
Let’s go and learn more:
1) Coffee Plantation management
2) Pasture: Animal production
3) Coffee: Pest and diseases
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 16(UG): Pasture & storage, Dairy AI, Poultry Housing & Management
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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 21(UG): Dairy Cow, Silage, Tomato, Intercropping & Vegetables
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This week we’re in Busei B village in Iganga and we’re visiting farmer Charles Kiwanuka and cartographer by profession.
Charles has 7 acres of land and he has 5 permanent workers. He grows bananas and has 300 plants. He harvests about 8 bunches per week from 1 acre. He has chicken and goats.
He has 4 cows, but they’re milking only one cow and are getting 12 litres per day. One is in calf, but we need to see how they’re preparing it for birth. He didn’t know anything about drying for example.
He grows tomatoes on one acre and will be planting new tomatoes mid-June. They supply tomatoes and bananas to the big hotels in the area.
He has 2 acres of elephant grass for his cows, but it is the grass that has the least protein, so will see which pasture is best for livestock.
And he’s also experimenting by intercropping sukuma wiki with peppers.
His main challenge is a lack of enough water for irrigation in the dry seasons.
Let’s go and learn more:
1) Cow preparation for birth
2) Pastures silage
3) Tomatoes management and staking
4) Intercropping Sukuma and peppers