Abstract:
The industrial training was conducted at GOAL UGANDA found in senior Quarters, Eastern Division -Lira Uganda from 28th/2/2022 to 06th 15/2022.
The aim of the training was to gain skills in different activities done both at the office and in the field in accordance with the organizational work plan. During the training, several activities were done both at the office and in the different field locations. The activities included weekly/monthly planning and review meetings, training both conducted and attended, field visits, data entry, district coordination meetings, minutes compiling for meetings held, field reports, field learning tours, and very many other offices and networking relate during the period of attachment.
Through my active participation, I obtained several skills which included practical field disease diagnosis, pest identification, monitoring, digital data management using M-water, networking, planning, documentation, technical weekly and field report writing, and good communication skills. The classroom knowledge was correlated to the field situations through advising and interacting with the farmers during the training, field support and learning visits, field reporting, and planning and review meetings where I got exposed to many innovations, challenges, and opportunities in the agricultural sector and also learned how to address challenges, seize opportunities to network from which I have been able to connect and learn new innovations and other potentials in life.
The training enabled me re-discover several potentials within myself, and gave me a morale boost to venture into several projects which are profitable for example off-season farming,
value addition of agricultural produce, advisory services, and youth advocacy for inclusion in policy making and decision making. It also gave me a great opportunity to relay my knowledge to the farmers, network with several organizations and people
I would like to recommend that the University creates a break of at least one week after examinations before student report for industrial training in order to give students time to rejuvenate from the stressful examination period and give them time to look for personal requirements to use during industrial training like food, accommodation, and up-keep.
