Industrial attachment report conducted from Busitema University farm

Abstract

This report contains and describes the activities that were done skills and knowledge attained by students, challenges faced in the course of the I.T, conclusion of the report and the recommendations that were got from the training. The objective of the it is to benefit students with. the practical knowledge and skills applied the theoretical knowledge got from the classroom and the field and also derive confidence in them. During the I.T, orientation was done in the first week by the farm manager, group allocation to the different crop and animal departments, where we were introduced to the banana plantation where we carried out weeding, pruning; manuring, seedbed preparation, field marking, at the crop section. While at the animal section, the activities performed include; cleaning, mixing feeds, disease diagnosis; identification and use, worming, treatment; disbudding, spraying, castration, pasture planting. This activity benefited us a lot and we attained a variety of skills such as treatment of different diseases, castration, feed formulation, communication skills and self-confidence. Although during-the it, we were faced by challenges such as prolonged drought that affected the crop section mostly and also part of the animal section/ insufficient support staff. Therefore, I would like to recommend the university to recruit more support staff to relive the present staff from overload.