BVA Agriculture: Opening Soon!

BVA Director, Robert and our new Agriculture staff member, Daniel, talk about our forward progress towards opening an Agriculture program!

Extension Worker Matseka Daniel grew up in Bududa. He attended primary and secondary school in Bududa and obtained a Diploma in Animal Production Management. Daniel has also taken courses on agriculture and vegetable production. Currently, he is enrolled in a program to receive his Diploma in Teacher Instruction. Once completed we hope to promote him to an instructor in the department. 

Most of the plot is planted with tomatoes, cabbage, and bananas. These foods will be harvested and used to feed students and teachers at BVA and COB. A portion of the food will also be sold in the market as revenue for the school. The next phase of planting will include a demonstration plot that will contain several diverse trees that offer shade, elephant grass to feed livestock, cassava, squash, sweet potatoes, and green peppers. 

They have built a shed for a male and female cow for livestock housing and will be adding a goat shed. These will be located on the main campus on newly acquired property. Later, everything will be moved across the river, to the land in the slideshow. This will require additional security measures and a worker/guard that stay over on the land, so we are not ready to have things there quite yet.

See a photo slideshow below:

We cannot thank The Pincus Family Foundation enough for their support of this program launch!