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 Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 - Episode 3: Kienyeji Chicken, Finance & Marketing, Beans and Calliandra
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.
Let’s go and meet them and learn more
In this Episode we are learning about:
1. Chicken hygiene and feeds
2. Financial planning and markets
3. Treating your seeds for planting
4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 11: Re-visit
We go back to visit some of the shaped-up shambas of the past couple of episodes to see how the farmers have been getting on with their new shamba. Join us to see the improvements made.
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 Sn 12 - Ep 3: Kienyeji Chicken, Finance & Marketing, Beans and Calliandra
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re in MÛkÛrwe’inî, Nyeri county. We’re visiting far manager Juliette and farm owner Karanja. Their main business is Bananas and Plantains but they have 600 Kienyeji chickens and a lot more besides this.
Let’s go and meet them and learn more
In this Episode we are learning about:
1. Chicken hygiene and feeds
2. Financial planning and markets
3. Treating your seeds for planting
4. Planting Calliandra seedlings in a nursery and its benefits
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 12: Finance, Dairy AI, Water tank, Calliandra & Silage
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we’re seeing the value of planning, planning to save money in order to buy water tanks, planning a budget for animal feeds and making a 5-year plan for future farm improvements.
So if you don’t already have other plans, shall we visit out farmers and find out all about it?
We are in Bomet County and we’re visiting farmers David and Zedy Kenduiywo
In this farm we are learning about:
1. Finance for setting up water tanks
2. Preparing cows for Artificial Insemination
3. Budgeting and planning Calliandra for your cows
4. Feed Conservation and how to make Silage
Shamba Shape Up Season 12 - Shamba Shape Up Series 12 – Episode 21: Push Pull, Savings, Crop Insurance and Calliandra
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
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 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