Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 5: Pest and disease, Maize, Push-Pull and Chickens
We visit George at Lake Victoria. Problems arise with Striga & Stem Borer in maize crop and he learns about Push Pull crops, while the women's group get chicken help. Water harvesting is add.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 6: Cow Care, Soil test, Pest & Disease & Financial Literacy
John from Rongai gets help on his shamba getting his cows free from disease such mastitis, flees and ticks. His soil is tested and the team go to agricultural show to learn about banking.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 9: Cow & Calf Care, Maize MNLD , Animal Feeds, Solar Power
We revisit John and Miriam's farm in Rongai. We learn how to help cows produce more milk & feeding. We also learn about water harvesting, crop disease, solar lights, fertiliser & Napier grass
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 10: CowCare, Maize, Pest and disease, Chicken, Solar power & Jiko
We visit Jarius in Kisumu to help him with the challenges of farming in a wheelchair. We look at cows, chickens, & maize problems as well as look at why jikos and solar lamps are useful.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 1: Mango, Water Pump, Irrigation, Chickens and Pest & disease
The new series starts from Embu and looks at mango farming and how to stop mango diseases, kunde planting, hand pumps, making silage and looking after chickens correctly.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 3: Cabbages, Calf & dairy management, Water harvest & Trees
We visit Joseph and Lucy's Shamba in Kinangop. We look at growing cabbages, looking after cows, catching rainwater and planting trees.
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 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 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 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 17: Soil test, Tomatoes, Dairy, Pest & disease, Kitchen garden
We are in Kiatuni Village, Machakos County at Anne's farm. The climate there is dry so there is not much rain. We test her soil, show her how to plant tomatoes and manage pests and diseases.
Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 6: Conservation Agriculture, East Coast Fever, Loans
We are in Kampi Ya Moto, Nakuru county at Elizabeth and Ezekiel Kapkei's Shamba. We introduce them to Conservation Agriculture, vaccinate their cows against East Coast Fever, show them how to properly manage their sheep and advice them on taking loan
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 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 6: Potatoes, Dairy Cows, Solar Home System
We are in Eldoret, Uasin Ngishu County visiting Sarah Kemboi. We get advice on breeding with artificial insemination to get stronger, healthier cows and how to make sure calves reach breeding stage as soon as possible. We also learn how to deal with pests and diseases in potatoes and the benefits of using a solar home system.
Shamba Shape Up Season 8 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 8 - Ep 8: Mangoes, Oranges, Home Biogas
We are in Muranga county visiting Patrick Kitheka who is an expert mango farmer. We learn about value addition in mangoes and how to properly harvest and transport them. We also deal with pests and diseases in oranges and introduce him to a home biogas system.
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 14: Plant Nutrition, Tomatoes, Mangoes
We are in Nakuru County visiting Henry and his grandmother Teresia. We do a soil test and educate him on the benefits of using crop specific fertilisers for proper crop nutrition. We also introduce him to a new tomato variety to help increase yield, help deal with pest and diseases in his mangoes and install a solar home system.
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 2: Mangoes, Avocados, Dairy Cows
We are in Muranga County visiting Fredrick Njuguna. We look at how climate change is affecting farmers, learn how to properly take care of pests and diseases in mangoes and avocados and a better form of transport to get farm produce to the market. We also look at how to properly feed dairy cows to increase milk yield.
Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 3: Dairy Cows, Mangoes, Marketing
We are Makueni the top mango producing County in Kenya visiting Mukula Kyalo and his family. We learn how to properly manage dairy cows in order to increase milk production, look into the pests and diseases affecting mangoes and how to help with transporting mangoes to the market. We also introduce them to a mobile platform called Digi Farm from Safaricom that extends credit facilities to farmers and helps link them to the market cutting out brokers.
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 7: Mangoes, Tomatoes, Farm Transport
We are in Karurumo Embu county visiting Alvan and Purity Njeru and their sons Louis and Dennis. We learn how to properly manage mango pests and diseases in order to increase yield and inform them about the benefits of owning a truck for farm transport. We also have a look at the problems facing their greenhouse tomatoes and dairy cows.
Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 8: Tree Tomatoes, Insurance, Spinach
We are in Kinangop, Nyandarua County visiting David Mugwanja. We look at the problems facing his tree tomato production and inform him about the benefits of having insurance on the farm. We also learn about the benefits of supplements for dairy cows and how to deal with the pests and diseases affecting his spinach.
Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 9: Bananas, Maize Storage, Farm Transport
We are in Muranga County visiting Lucy and Stephen Kamau. We have a look at the problems facing their banana plantation and advise them on how to properly store their maize after harvest. We also introduce them to a truck that can solve their transport issues on the farm and deworm their dairy cows.
Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 14: Tomatoes, Goats, Storage
We are in Kamukunji Village in Nakuru County visiting Michael Wachira and his family. Michael trains farmers so we get a few tips from him then look at how to improve his dairy goats and maize post harvest storage. We also advise him on how to handle the pests and disease in his tomatoes.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 4: Soil Testing, PATG water tank, Pest&diseases, EPC & Nutrition
Welcome To Shamba Shape Up.
This week we’re in Kikuyu ,and we’re taking a trip down memory lane
We’re re-visiting a farm we first shaped up over 10 years ago!
That’s right, at the start of our very first series of Shamba Shape Up
And we can’t wait to see how it’s been doing.
➢We find out why it’s important to do a soil test
➢ How to get a water tank from M-KOPA to help with irrigation
➢ How to combat pest and diseases in your crops
➢ Find out about Electric Pressure Cookers
➢ What kind of food should babies eat for a nutritious diet?
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 17: Pyrethrum, Pests & diseases, Cows, Sheep and Farmers phone
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we are in Turi village, Nakuru County. We are visiting farmer Elizabeth Waireri
This week we learn about:
1) How to grow and store Pyrethrum and it's importance in the export market
2) How to get rid of internal and external parasites in cows and Sheeps
3) Getting farm information on your smartphone.
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 12 - Ep 2: Dairy cow pest & 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 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 22: Striga weeds, Financing, Fertiliser and Calliandra
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we are in Kitinda Village, Bungoma County and we are visiting farmer Eveline Nekesa. A maize farmer asked us to visit her farm and we’re off to me her, she has had some challenges with her maize so we want to find out how we can be of help
Let’s go and learn more:
1) Striga Weed
2) Financing of a Dairy cow
3) Biochar Fertilizer
4) Calliandra Nursery and planting
Don't Lose The Plot Season 1 - DLTP Short Clips: Soil Nematodes
Nematodes are tiny worms found in the soil. When found in high volumes they become harmful to the roots of plants, causing them to swell or break at the roots. There are two ways to treat soil nematode
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 2(UG): Soil test, Pest & Diseases, Coffee, Bananas and OFSP
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
Today we’re in Bulika village in Mukono and we’re visiting farmer Olivia Kiwombeeka. A very hard-working lady and mother to 14 children. She has a 4-acre farm where she grows coffee, bananas, sweet potatoes, cassava, beans! And don’t forget the cows, the pigs, the goats, the chicken, the pigeons!!!
Where does she find the energy???
In this farm we are learning about:
1. Soil fertility and manure drying and soil testing
2. Pests and diseases control in Coffee plantation
3. Bananas: Good farming practices
4. Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1-Ep 4(UG): Coffee, Soil testing, Cow nutrition and Bananas
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
We’re in Lutego village, in Mukono and we’re here to meet with a very hard-working farmer, Daoudi Lugasa and his wife Nanfuka.
Yes but, Nanfuka does have a shop, which got me all confused! In fact, Daoudi is the proud owner of 6 acres of land, where he grows mainly coffee and bananas, and maize and avocados he’s got cows and chicken.
Yes, but half of his land is allocated to coffee!
In this farm we are learning about:
1. Coffee: Good farming practices and pests and diseases control
2. Soil testing
3. Cow nutrition
4. Bananas good farming practices
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 12(UG): Coffee plantation, Cow Pasture, Pest and diseases
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
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 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 15(UG): Heifer management, Tomatoes, Peppers & Banana wilt
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
The owner of this beautiful place is Alex Ochieng who’s been a full-time farmer since 1997. He’s 46 years old… can you believe it he was only 21 when he started farming!
On his 10 acres of land, Alex grows bananas of course and Coffee too of course... we’re in Uganda, so it’s a must!
Tomatoes and peppers and he’s got a water tank and an irrigation system for his vegetables and bananas and then cows.
On this farm we learn about:
1) Heifer management
2) Tomatoes production
3) Pepper management
4) Banana bacterial wilt
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 17(UG): Mango, Market, Coffee and Dairy
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
Today we are traveling to Busoga region in Kamuli district. We meet 65yrs. old farmer Kato Johnson Tibatia a retired but not tired veterinary Doctor who lives in Bukaya Village BUGEYWA PARISH.
Kato and his wife Bwza Margaret have a lot of activities going on their 30 acres farm, they have coffee, they keep livestock, and have an orchard of mangoes that sits on 11 acres.
Let’s see how we can assist them.
On this farm we learn about:
1) Mangoes:
• Fruit Flies and management
• Pricing and Market
2) Coffee: Post Harvest Management and UCDA Pricing
3) Dairy: Improvement of breed and management
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 - Cabbage Pests And Diseases
Learn about treating pests and diseases in cabbages.
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Dermatophilosis in Cattle
How to prevent and treat this skin disease in your cattle
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Mastitis
Detecting and preventing mastitis in your dairy cow
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Cleaning Udders and Mastitis
Mastitis can be fatal.
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.
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up Clips: Cows Health treat mastitis
Cows Health treat mastitis
Partner's Clips - Maize_Maize Pests & Diseases
How to reduce pests and diseases in your maize
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