Sessions

Agricultural Practices at Gayaza High School, Uganda at the Youth Summit

      

Rumanyika Nyakwezi Simone

Gayaza High School

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Rumanyika Nyakwezi simone


Rumanyika Nyakwezi Simone is an 8th grade student at Gayaza High School, Uganda. Her and friends are passionate about skilling the Youth through Agribusiness. They participate in activities at the school farm with an aim of acquiring skills as far turning agriculture into a business venture is concerned.

During her free time she enjoys reading novel, making new friends, playing basketball and soccer. 

Daniella Kwizera Mutesi

Gayaza High School

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Daniella kwizera Mutesi


Daniella Kwizera Mutesi is an 8th grade student at Gayaza High School, Uganda. She is passionate about skilling the Youth through Agribusiness. Her and friends participate in activities at the school farm with an aim of acquiring skills as far turning agriculture into a business venture is concerned.

During her free time she enjoys reading novel, swimming, baking, making new friends and playing basketball 

Elizabeth Kamasiko Kwarisiima

Gayaza High School

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Elizabeth kamasiko Kwarisiima


Elizabeth Kamasiko Kwarisiima is an 8th grade student at Gayaza High School, Uganda. She is passionate about skilling the Youth through Agribusiness. Her and friends participate in activities at the school farm with an aim of acquiring skills that would enable them turn agriculture into a business venture.

During her free time she enjoys reading novel, swimming, baking, cooking, playing soccer, lawn tennis and listening to Music 

Joanne Crystal Akello Okalany

Gayaza High School

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Joanne crystal akello Okalany


Joan Crystal Akello Okalany is a 9th grade student at Gayaza High School, Uganda. She is passionate about skilling the Youth through Agricultural education. Her and friends participate in activities at the school farm with an aim of acquiring skills that would enable them turn agriculture into a business venture.

During her free time she enjoys reading novel, swimming, cooking and listening to Music.

      
Session Details

Type: Roundtable

Location: Room 1316

Date: Thursday

Time: 3:00-3:50 PM

This session is associated with a UN SDG!

This session relates to the Finding Solutions to Hunger iEARN Project!

Session Description

In this Workshop Session the students will share about the different activities undertaken at the farm with an aim of skilling them to be extension workers in their communities.

In grade 8, the students are taught how to grow vegetables. They till till the land, care for the crops and are taught better methods of crop husbandry. At the end of the season, they sell to the school, parents, teachers and the community. The income generated is shared 50 - 50 with the school farm.

In grade 9, the students are taught dairy management and good animal husbandry practices. There is no income eared by students since the animals belong to the school farm.

In grade 10 and 12, the students grow banana and each student owns a sucker that she takes good care of. On maturation, the income generated from sell is shared 50 - 50 with the school farm.  These activities are lined up to sink with the school curriculum.

The school also organize annual farm camp where other schools join Gayaza High school to live like entrepreneurial farmers for 4 days. They visit model farmers to learn and attain more skills.

All these activities are geared at creating a generation of extension workers since students go back to their communities to share the skills gained and hence creating hunger free world.

What will youth learn and be able to do at the end of the session?

At the end of this session, participants will have;

  • gained an understanding of how students can be skilled through incorporating farm activities in school curriculum 
  • understood the chain process that an entrepreneurial farmer goes through before getting income
  • gained an understanding of the different crops grown and animals reared in Uganda 
  • gained an understanding of how students can serve as extension workers in their communities.