Farm and community practice I carried out at Ngora district local government (production unit/veterinary department), in Ngora district.

Abstract

This report is a compilation of what I learnt and did during my farm and community practice, which prevailed, for weeks under the department of production in Ngora district local government. Ngora district is a district located in Teso sub-region in the eastern parts of Uganda. The farm practice is a necessity for partial fulfilment of a requirement for the award of a degree Bachelor of Animal Production and Management. The training was carried out with the objectives of exposing students to various farm enterprises and community hence strengthening their extension competence and capability in areas of communication, planning and community interactions, give students chance to have hands on experience in relation to animal production, enable students relate class work for filed situations and introduce students to basic research concept. The activities that are done included meat inspection sessions, farmers and stake holders training on different vaccines and reasons for vaccination, infection, prevention and appropriate antimicrobial use in animal sector The environment was convenient that I often interacted freely with supervisors and participated actively in practical sessions. Most of the objectives of this practice were achieved as stipulated in the requirements for the training like exposing the, students to farm enterprises and community practice and hands on experience. Some challenges encountered include; heavy rains that interrupted field work at times, lack of transport means and lack of all necessary equipment. All in all, training was a success with abroad exposure to number of tasks.