This internship report is to be submitted to the department of agribusiness and extension in partial to the fulfillment of the requirement of the award of a diploma in crop production and management at Busitema university.

Abstract

This report contains and describes the location of the organization and activities carried out, challenges knowledge and skills gained during the industrial training. conclusion and recommendation derived during the training while in Katine joint farmers' cooperative society limited. The objectives of the training to make students benefit from the knowledge and skills they get from theory in class room lectures to practicals and hands on in the field and build confidence to the students. In chapter one of this report, Katine joint farmers' cooperative was found in 2009 with the help of AMREF guardian newspaper UK e t c and was registered under ministry of trade, industry and cooperative and the registration number is Reg .9423/RCS. The cooperative has 1024 individual’s members, 73 farmer groups, two schools and its members with women having the highest number. KAJOFACO is located in Dakabela county, Katine subcounty Soroti district along Soroti — lira high way about 26km from Soroti. The governing body contains -board of directors which are elected by the AGM, supervisory committee which consists of three members. The cooperative is currently with a grant from United states African development foundation and the vision and the mission is to build health self-reliant communities with better standards of living. Goals to improve standards of living and objectives, values, production and marketing enterprise to supply for the produce, market for the produce the input enterprise and the Sacco enterprise. In chapter two, the following activities were carried out, orientation, store management and agro-input, machine identification were machines like maize thresher, groundnut thresher, cassava grantor, cassava squeezer, milling machine. In store management, we were taken through arrangement of the store, how to receive produce, pest and diseases at the store, ways of fumigating the store. In agro-inputs, identifying agro inputs implements, chemicals and seeds being sold.in animal section, meat inspection, parts being checked, record of the owner, dog vaccination, training of farmers Karamoja on how to create a cooperative and its runner, governing techniques on Sacco, marketing techniques, raising and preparation of the nursery beds, factors to be considered, advantages, procedure of raising a nursery bed, qualities of a good seeds and varieties. there was also tractor operation and cultivation, afforestation, advantages of planting trees, raising of nursery shades, marking of the gauze for maize planting, testing of the percentage germinability of maize seeds, compost pit digging and laying of materials.in chapter three, this talks about climate condition, description of the skills learnt and enhanced, influence of the activities attached, the internship strength and weakness, opportunities got. In chapter four, these describes the conclusion and recommendation to the university and to the organization itself and the work plan that was used during internship.