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

Abstract

Industrial training (IT) programme started on 20th May and went through June and ended on 26th making the months of May, June and July year 2019 a busy period for me at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK) for the purpose of industrial training. The training was for ten weeks to fulfill 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 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 organizational structure of MUARIK. Chapter two describes the set activities I got involved in at MUARIK i.e. Dairy, maize, horticulture, banana, coffee, vermiculture, aquaculture, pasture, 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 the 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.