Soil Fertility
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 3: Maize, Cow Supplements, OFSP, Fertiliser & Sunflower Seeds

SSU is in Uganda for the first time where we meet Irene and John. We take a look at their cows, who need some more minerals, OFSP, quality protein maize, soil fertility, rainwater harvesting and seeds

Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 19: Chickens, OFSP, Dairy Cow, Soil test & Solar light

We are in Joseph and Grace's farm in Njoro, Nakuru to learn more about chickens (feeding, breeds, fertilising eggs), d.Light solar lamps, soil fertility, cow's milk and fodder & OFSP.

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 18: Revisit 2

In the course of many different climatic seasons we have visited many farmers. We revisit some of the farmers and see whether they have turned their shambas into good business.

Shamba Shape Up Season 9 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 9 - Ep 13: Conservation Agriculture, Maize Storage, Insurance

We are in Mbooni, Makueni County visiting Justus Kimeu who is very experienced in Conservation Agriculture. We find out how to conserve water and how to maintain healthy soil. We also give his maize store a makeover and look at how agricultural insurance is changing lives.

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 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