Industrial training report carried out at Bulindi zonal agricultural research and development institute (BUZARDI)

Abstract

The Ten weeks of industrial training was done at BUZARDI which is a public Agricultural Organization mandated to conduct and manage adaptive agricultural research develop and disseminate improved agricultural technology relative to LACZ. It covers Districts of Masindi, Hoima, Kikuube, Kiryandongo, Kibaale, Kagadi, Buliisa and Kakumiro The main objective of the field attachment was to obtain practical skills, knowledge and experience in the diverse fields of Agriculture that help to broaden the knowledge of the student in applying the theoretical knowledge studied in class to the real life experience. I attended various sections while at BUZARDT such as garden crops production such as rice, maize, soya bean, vegetation production, goats, pastures, apiculture among others and I obtained different skills during the field attachment such as crop production which involves identification of pest and diseases and the nature of their damages and the best ways to ensure maximum production. The practical aspect learnt during the industrial training include grafting, deworming, animal treatment, threshing of rice using the manual rice thresher among others Although the period was successfully, however, there were some challenges uncounted during this period of my industrial training such as bad weather, inadequate equipment for use in the field would therefore wish to recommend to the institute to purchase enough equipment such as face masks and gloves for use in spraying, move automatic syringes to quicken injection of animals or deworming using ivermectin. In conclusion, the internship period was generally interesting and should be encouraged for all students for their personal skills development.