A report on industrial training at Kalongo town council, the department of production and marketing, Agago district.

Abstract

This industrial training was done from Kalongo Town Council, located in Northern Uganda for the partial fulfilment leading to the award of Degree in Bachelor in Animal Production and Management. The major objective of the organization is to increase access of the community to proper infrastructure; and high quality human resources and utilization. The purpose of the industrial training was to make student relate theoretical and practical knowledge, and acquaint students with practical skills in handling community based agricultural challenges to improve on the farmer's livelihood. The activities I carried out daring the internship include; Ante mortem inspection and Post-mortem inspection of slaughter animals; disease management (encompassed: diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination); breeding control exercises (castration, culling and estrus synchronization); farmer training (on disease and parasite management, feeding, breeding, and record keeping) through radio talk shows and physical farmer group discussion: designing and sitting livestock shelters; and animal identification. The internship made me gain practical skills in extension and communication skills; handling equipment for castration, and animal identification; Ante mortem and Post-mortem judgments to ensure public health and consumer protection from zoonoses. Furthermore, I learnt more on animal vaccine and drug choices, handling and administration for proper and effective disease control and management, it also acquainted me skills in clinical disease diagnosis and microscopy. However, I encountered some challenges during the industrial training of which among include; transport and communication system which limited farmer's access to extension services. And with this industrial training, I will be able to organize and train farmers to improve on their livelihood through agricultural activities. I learnt that teamwork is the best way for successful addressing community challenges. My recommendation to Agago DLG is to enforce animal disease surveillance team and decentralize laboratories for disease diagnosis to some few T/Cs in urge of early disease management.