Field Attachment Two Report Conducted at Buseesa Demonstration Farm, Buseesa Village, Matale Sub- County, Kibaale District, Mid-Western Uganda

Abstract

This one-month Field Attachment II was conducted in line with the 2024/2025 field attachment objectives. It took place from 5th June 2025 to 5th July 2025 at Buseesa Demonstration Farm, under Buseesa Community Development Organization (BCDO), located in Buseesa Trading Centre, Matale Sub-County, Kibaale District, Mid-Western Uganda, along Kakumiro– Kibaale Road. During the attachment, the intern worked closely with the farm manager, farm consultant (animal scientist), casual workers, and community members. The following methods were applied: interviewing, documentation, observation, hands-on practical work, exposure to field realities, lectures, visionary approach, and Participatory Action Research (PAR). Key skills gained included: Goal setting and resource allocation, Livestock restraint, post-mortem inspection, and drug administration. Soil, water, and nutrient management, Organic gardening and vaccine handling, Waste management and environmental stewardship, Teaching and training, Dystocia management in goats, Fruit tree care and IMO structure in piggery management, Natural crop pest management. The key results achieved by the intern included: One compost pit created for improved waste management, Improved nutrition through proper backyard vegetable garden management, Organic biopesticide and foliar fertilizer developed and used, One pasture legume garden (Lablab) weeded and one pasture garden (Super Napier) planted, 3,000 layer birds vaccinated against Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis, Poultry litter effectively managed, Orf disease managed in five goats, One case of dystocia in a goat successfully handled and a five-year farm vision developed and a structural Tension chart (STC) formulated.