Shamba Shape Up : Series 1 - Shamba Shape Up Series 1 - Ep 11: Cow Care, Tea Planting, Solar Power
We visit christine in her shamba in Kakamega town, we learn proper care for cows, have a good tea plantation, get an energy conserving jiko and learn how solar power is important.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 2 - Shamba Shape Up Series 2 - Ep 8: Climate Change, Trees, Water Harvesting, Solar Power
SSU looks at climate change & farming in semi-arid areas, including which crops grow in dry areas, using guttering to save water and selling crops at market. We also learn about solar power.
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 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 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 5: Grain Groups, Soil test, Tomato, Housing, Solar power
We learn how to plant tomatoes, the importance of water harvesting, Grain Groups, D.light solar lights, proper housing of animals, soil testing and how KCB banking can help in your farm.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 7: Certified Seeds, Sorghum, Beans & Livestock, Solar power
In this episode we meet Peter & Virginia in Nakuru to help shape up their shamba. We look at animal care, certified seeds, planting sorghum, rainwater harvesting and solar lighting.
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 : Series 3 - Shamba Shape Up Series 3 - Ep 11: Tree Planting, Tomato , Jiko, Chicken and Solar power
We go to Martin & Beatrice's farm in Kisumu to learn about tree planting, looking after chickens and antibiotics, planting tomatoes, seed selections, energy saving jiko and solar lights.
Shamba Shape Up : Series 4 - Shamba Shape Up Series 4 - Episode 9: Beans, OFSP, Chickens and Water Harvest
We are in Bungoma with Jackson and Zipporah looking at planting healthy beans, orange fleshed sweet potatoes, keeping poultry for the youth, d.light solar lamps and rainwater harvesting.
Makutano Junction Season 12 - Makutano Junction Sn 12: Episode 4
There's a new doctor in town, who inspires Thomas to think about solar power. Snake and Josiah meanwhile, steal electricity from the Makutano supply, causing blackouts.
Makutano Junction Season 12 - Makutano Junction Sn 12: Episode 5
Washington uses the power outages as an opportunity to win votes, and Lena and Mabuki start selling solar lamps. The barber boys declare war on the salon girls!
Shamba Shape Up : Series 5 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 5 - Ep 6: Biosecurity, Financial Education, OFSP, Solar Power
We meet Ndetaniswa from Meru, Tanzania to learn more about why running your farm like a business is important, biosecurity, planting OFSP for better health and solar power.
Shamba Shape Up Season 6 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 6 - Ep 22: Green house, Solar Power, Chickpea Nutrition
We are in Tharaka-Nthi County visiting Jeremiah and Mercy. We show them how to manage their greenhouse, run a business safely at night, make nutritious meals using chick peas, and how to keep local chickens.
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 7 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 7 - Ep 20: Maize, Fertilisers, Conservation Agriculture
We are in Uasin Gishu County visiting Steven and Lenah Rotich. We do a soil test, introduce them to crop specific fertilisers and conservation agriculture to help improve the yield on their farm. We also learn about the benefits of solar power and how to save money in the kitchen with an energy saving jiko.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 7:Soil test,Avocado, Napier grass, Solar Power Irrigation System
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we are in Uplands, in a village called Githirioni, Lari Sub-County.
We are visiting farmer Joseph and Grace kaberere.
This week we are learning about:
1) How to improve soil fertility by doing a soil test in your farm
2) Under tree management of an Avocado tree
3) How to stop napier smut disease from spreading and how to plant a smut free napier.
4) We also get to learn about the Solar Powered Irrigation System and how to get it installed and maintain it.
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 13:Solar power irrigation system, Dairy farming & value addition
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we are in Githiga in Ndumberi division, Kiambu County. We are visiting farmer George Kairu.
This week we learn about:
1) Solar power irrigation system maintenance
2) Dairy farming (Production and breeding)
3) Value addition
Shamba Shape Up Season 11 - Shamba Shape Up Sn 11 - Ep 14: SPIS Water & Irrigation ,PAYG water tank, Nutrition, Avocado
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up
This week we are visiting farmers Eva and Jeremiah Sakuda in Ngong, Kajiado County.
We learn about:
1. How to install Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS)
2. How to get a water tank from M-KOPA to help with irrigation
3. Find out about child nutrition
4. Avocado Post-harvest handling
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Homework & Solar Light
D.light solar light
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - d.Light for the Family
Solar Power for the Family
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - Solar and Animals
Using solar for animals
Shamba Shape Up - Short Clips - Shamba Shape Up clips - d.Light and Studying
Studying in the dark.
