Abstract:
The internship was carried out at Mukono Zonal Agricultural research and development institute in Mukono district 2 km off Kampala Jinja highway. However, during the internship, I gained different knowledge and skills after attending different sections which are available at the institute.
The sections available at the institute include; the horticulture, livestock and aquaculture, annual and perennial crops, agroforestry, post harvesting handling and irrigation system sections. In these sections carried out different activities for example, nursery bed management, watering through drip irrigation, grafting, vaccination of chicks and pigs, castration, determining of the moisture level of the soil, determining of the level of insect infestation with in maize grains, making of permanent water basins for maize, coffee bending, coffee harvesting, propagation of coffee using suckers, vaccination of poultry birds and more others as indicated in the report
However during the internship , I faced some challenges for example lack of enough practical equipment to be used , lack of enough medical facilities around the institute which limited sometimes my study when I was sick, interruption by the particular field supervisor in my work plan I hence making me not to attend some sections, the period for internship was also not enough to enable attend all sections and also harsh weather conditions such as too much rainfall and too much sunshine which would lead us to leave some work undone.
Despite the challenges I faced, I managed to overcome some of them by going in for medication every time I fell sick. I always came very early from home so as to save time and do farm activities. Therefore, I recommend the institute to provide hostels for accommodation to students doing internship, medical facilities to the workers and also the university to increase on the duration for internship so as students can have enough time to do their practical activities and gain more knowledge and skills.
