A report of industrial training carried out at Makerere university agricultural research institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK)

Abstract

I compiled this study report during industrial training that begun on Monday 20th/05/2019 and ended on Friday 26th/07/2019. The training was for ten weeks and was carried out at MUARIK. This was to fulfil the requirements needed for the award of a diploma in crop production and management of Busitema University, putting much of the theoretical knowledge learnt in class into practice, acquire practical skills in farm management and get exposed to the working environment This Industrial training report contains of four chapters and it clearly describes the details of activities both practical and lectures that we performed at MUARIK. Chapter one describes MUARIK, the historical back ground, vision, and mission, and purpose, objectives of the training, the location and the organization structure of MUARIK, Chapter two describes the set of activities I got involved in at MUARIK i.e. Dairy, Maize, Banana, Coffee, Aquaculture, and Soybean, under each section various activities were done such as pathology, entomology, agronomy, breeding (pollination). Chapter three summarizes the impacts of the attachment i.e. skills gained, responsibilities under taken, Influence of the attachment to my future career plans, correlation of attachment activities with classroom knowledge and the various challenges faced during the period of any attachment. Chapter four contains the recommendations to MUARIK and conclusion, Appendices, Work plan and References.