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 7: Cow Care, Kales, Push-Pull, Soil test and Solar power
Help is at hand for Mary & Maseno! SSU helps them build a cow shed, also improving their crops by introducing 'push-pull' technique and soil testing. A new roof is even added to their house!
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 11: Push & Pull, Maize, Goats,Silage and Hay, Solar power and Water harvest
SSU visits Lake Victoria to teach Lawrence about push-pull technology and how to look after goats. We learn how to make silage and hay, as well as solar lights and how to build a kitchen!
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 12: Trees, Push & Pull, Hay, Making Compost, Chillies & Sorghum
SSU Special looks at the problems caused by climate change. We look at a weather research centre, planting trees, making a compost heap, zero grazing pens, water harvesting & push-pull.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 9: Maize, Push pull, Cow health and management, Solar Power
We visit Risper's farm in Kisumu to learn more about cows (health, housing and feeding), maize farming, energy saving jikos & rainwater harvesting.
Shamba Shape Up Season 10 - Shamba Shape Up Sn10 - Ep 10: Conservation Agriculture, Avocado, Dairy Cows, FallArmy
Welcome to a new series of Shamba Shape Up celebrating our tenth anniversary.
This week we are in the highlands of Meru county, visiting Joseph and Duncan (Grandfather and Grandson).
We get to learn about conservation agriculture in highlands, Management of avocado trees.
We also learn about how to take care and improve cows that are in-calf and how to fight FallArmy Worm by using Push-Pull technology.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 3: Forage production, Soil Test, Push-Pull & Avocado
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up.
This week we are in Meru County and we are visiting an expert farmer called Rachel.
She runs a training course for farmers around her area. Can she teach us a thing or two? who’s going to be teacher on this episode?
We learn about:
Forage production (Bracharia):
➢ How to get more forage plants without having to buy the seeds or the seedlings by making and planting bracharia splints.
➢ mportance of planting bracharia as forage for your livestock.
Soil testing
➢ We help Rachel with her coffee plantation, which is yellowing by doing a soil test in the farm.
➢ Importance of doing a soil test in your farm.
Push-Pull method
➢ How to get rid of pests in vegetables by using the Push-Pull method.
Avocado Irrigation
➢ We get advice on when and how to irrigate an avocado tree.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 6: FallArmy worm, Mangoes, Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes, Market
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up,
This week we are in Machakos, visiting the Mumo family.
The last time we were here, we gave Victoria advice on how to plant Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes and how to manage Fall armyworm.
This week we want to help our farmers find the right markets for their crops.
We learn about:
• How to combat Fall Army Worm
• How to build markets for mangoes
• Also we want to find out all about Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 19:Calf management,Forage ,Soil test, vegetables push-pull, EPC
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This week we are in Bungoma County, visiting farmer Zaina Eunice Atieno, mother of 5 children
This week we are learning about:
1) Calf management
2) Planning for improved forages
3) Soil testing
4) How to use push-pull method to control pests around your vegetables
5) How to best finance your electric pressure cooker
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 21: Push Pull, Savings, Crop Insurance and Calliandra
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This week we are in Kakamega County the home of Maize and sugarcane, its known for bull fighting and cock fighting. We are here to meet hardworking farmers who have experience in farming, Farmers Florence and husband Noah Nabutete.
Let’s go and see what we can learn:
1) FAW- Push and Pull
2) Financial Literacy - Savings
3) Calliandra Harvest and feeding
4) Crop Insurance
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 9(UG): Maize, Push & pull, Bananas, Cattle and Coffee
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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 14(UG): Coffee, Maize, Push & pull and Passion fruits
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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 19(UG): Coffee, Maize Push & Pull, Banana and Beans
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This week we’re in Katuba village in Iganga and we’re visiting Stephen Kakuma, a farmer and a trainer of good agronomic practices for coffee.
Stephen Kakuma is 46 years old and father of 10 children. He says he “needs” more. He has 7 acres of land on which he grows coffee (4 acres), bananas (1 acre) and maize (2 acres). He wants to increase his coffee to 7 acres so that he can go commercial. Last season he harvested about 1600kgs. Stephen has been trained by Café Africa and A2N and he is a trainer himself. But he still has challenges, especially with the black coffee twig borer. Although he knows what he has to do, the pest keeps coming back from his neighbours’ plantations. He talks to them but improvement is very slow. He also has an unknown pest that is affecting the bottom of the tree in the rainy season.
Wants to focus more on goats rather than dairy
The other challenges on his farm include the banana bacterial wilt and FAW on the maize.
He has 1 cow and three goats, but he wants to focus more on goats rather than dairy because they’re easier to keep.
In this farm we learn about:
1) Coffee: Pest and diseases plus raising awareness
2) Maize Fall Army Worm Push and Pull
3) Matoke management: Banana bacterial wilt
4) Iron rich bean varieties
Shamba Shape Uganda Season 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 20(UG): chicken, Maize Push & Pull, Banana and OFSP
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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 - Maize Push pull and stalk borer
Maize Push pull and stalk borer
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Push and Pull
Push pull technology.
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Push and Pull Technology
Push and pull technique.