Series 2 - Ep 1: Soil Test, Dairy - Artificial Insemination, Banana and Drip Irrigation
Series 2 - Ep 1: Soil Test, Dairy - Artificial Insemination, Banana and Drip Irrigation
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Uganda!
Today we’re in Busede sub-county, in Bugobia parish, Namazala village and we are visiting a 22-year-old hardworking farmer Titus Kazibwe. He lives with his mom Prossy, dad Michael and his siblings.
In 2020, during the lockdown, Titus Kazibwe, who is a university graduate (who studied business), and governments in many developing countries introduced severe restrictions on economic activity and mobility to curb the spread of COVID-19. In Uganda, public transport and non-essential businesses were closed from early April to June 2020.
The strict three-month lockdown resulted in a significant increase in firm closures, Even though most firms reopened, and a considerable share of workers were rehired, this has been accompanied by substantial income losses.
It’s at this point that Titus realized all the people he aspired to be like—people who worked in prestigious offices—were out there asking the government to give them food.
With this realization and being at home and seeing his mother sell matoke every week and having some income, he decided to turn into agriculture and set up what he knows as the :lock down garden.
Today we are learning about:
1. Bananas (Matoke) production
2. Soil fertility and testing
3. Improving your dairy breed using Artificial Insemination
4. Drip Irrigation
Dairy soil-testing AI breeding artificial-insemination Drip Irrigation Banana Matoke soil-ferility