Abstract:
This report serves to provide information about my Industrial training held at ABI ZARDI
Agricultural Research and Development Institute in Arua City for a period of 10 (ten) weeks. The objectives of the training were to acquire practical skills and more knowledge in addition to the classroom work, expose the students, improve their competence and build them up in their career in agriculture.
During the training, I got involved in various practical activities which were conducted in different units like agro-forestry, livestock, aquaculture, apiculture and crop units. This report therefore dissolves all the activities I carried out in different chapters. Chapter 1 looked at the introduction, chapter 2 covered the activities carried out in the different units, chapter 3 involved skills gained, influence of training on my career and the relation of activities with classroom work, chapter 4 looked at the challenges faced, conclusions and the recommendations.
Some of the skills I learnt while at Abi-ZARDI include; how to make mineral block as a supplement for dairy animals, construction, management and maintenance of the fanya chini and the fanya juu, field using the Pythagoras theory, making compost using only two raw materials, how to make propolis tincture among others.
In as much as the industrial training was interesting with lots of new skills, there were still some few challenges faced such as the training being conducted in a dry season thus few cultivation activities, lack of proper communication between students and the university administration, no orientation by the university on self-conduct.
With the above challenges, I recommend that orientation should be done at the university before students’ report to their various places of attachment and there should be a clear communication between university administration and the students.
Despite the challenges, I had a fruitful time at Abi-ZARDI with so many skills gained which I believe when practiced, can truly lead to the achievement of the above mission statement both at individual and community level.
