An industrial training report carried out at Abi-zonal agricultural research and development institute

Abstract

The field attachment was done at ABI-ZARDI. It is a Public Agricultural Research Institute mandated to conduct and manage applied and adaptive agricultural research, develop and disseminate improved agricultural technologies relevant to West Nile Agro-ecological zone. During this field attachment, I gained more experiences in various agricultural units such as livestock, crop entomology, crop agronomy, aquaculture, apiculture, soil science, postharvest and harvest handling, agro-forestry, and farm management. The method we used to acquire this knowledge is active participation through observation, discussion, hands-on experience and secondary information from the library. Although the period was successfully, however, there were some challenges faced during this period of my industrial training such as in adequate accommodation for internship students at the institute and within the area around, climatic changes such as hot sunshine and rainfall, long distance of the institute from Arua town and transport was the greats challenged faced over all.