Internship report in principles of farm and community practice carried out at production and marketing department Kaabong district local government.

Abstract

These farm and community practices has been carried out in the department of production and marketing Kaabong district for the partial fulfilment of bachelor's degree of science in agribusiness and extension and is being divided in to four chapters excluding the preliminaries pages of which Chapter one summarized the introduction, back ground, geographical location, statement, objectives, ways of funding, activities involved, its support to the community, the future prospect, and challenges the Organization faced. Chapter two presents the description of the attachments such as training on animal traction, methodologies used, capacity building on livestock sector working group and their challenges, capacity building on tsetse fly control and management, livestock market assessment, training on post-harvest handling, animal inspection seed viability test, distribution of inputs, ear-tagging and vaccination of animals against foot and mouth disease. Chapter three reports on the impacts of the attachment such as Drug identification, Tsetse control, Animal restrain technique, vaccination campaigns, marketing, information and assessment, Animal health management and trainings undertaken on control of crop pests and diseases, post-harvest handling, nursery bed management and establishment have given me abroad understanding of the community approach and working with them as an extension agent in the livestock and crop sector since I was a trainer, mobilizer and report writer and by having such responsibilities I have gained knowledge communication skills which will give me qualities of good extension worker to transform my community through extension. Chapter four presents the conclusion and recommendation thus by looking at the current state of food security and disaster prevention assertiveness, livelihood conforms to the significant of community humanities and rural innovative integration for improved health. However, sustainability of planed contingency for consistent implication of PMA is compromise. Therefore, there is need for MAAIF through OWC and PMD as well as grass route implementers of research recommendations consolidates their core pillars on service delivery, Commercialization of farming with coordinate support from a reliable financial institution to offer micro loan facilities to farmers for integrated enterprenual prospector’s innovation and Participatory involvement in mapping core areas of improvement for enhanced rural development.