Series 1 - Ep 9: Maize, Push & pull, Bananas, Cattle and Coffee
Series 1 - Ep 9: 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
coffee Cattle push-pull maize bananas