OUR ACTIVITIES

The main objective of the Model Training Farm is to produce quality graduates with adequate hands-on skills for employment in the labour market while the specific objectives of the Model Training Farm are to:

  1. Offer practical training to undergraduate and postgraduate students
  2.  Generate income through production and marketing of agricultural products and training fees
  3.  Incubate new technologies generated by the University
  4.  Host students Entrepreneurs and professional associations
  5.  Provide state of the art field research and consultancy facility for students, staff and the general public
  6.  D emonstrate proven agricultural technologies to general public
  7.  Conserve germplasm and promotion of endangered species and orphan crops
Papaya crop re-establishment at the Model Training Farm

 

Drip Irrigation Systems To improve and ensure productivity of the crops, the unit has established an irrigation infrastructure that has two water tank towers each capable of holding two 10,000 liters water tanks . One of the towers has full installation of two 10,000L water tanks, and the other one has only one 10,000 L tank

Drip Irrigation Systems To improve and ensure productivity of the crops, the unit has established an irrigation infrastructure that has two water tank towers each capable of holding two 10,000 liters water tanks . One of the towers has full installation of two 10,000L water tanks, and the other one has only one 10,000 L tank
Left picture (top far right) shows a tank tower with two 10,000 L water tanks and on the left is a tank tower with a single 10,000 L water tank

 

Sweet pepper (left) and cucumber (right) crop plants in the triplet greenhouses

 

Green Houses Infrastructures As part of the model training farm infrastructures, the University has established three triplet greenhouse units which is used for production of vegetable crops. Three vegetable crops (tomato, sweet pepper and cucumber, one in each) have been established in the greenhouses.

 

Grapes being grown at SUA model farm