Agriculture interns – Agape Farm, Jan 2023
November 18th, 2023
Samuel, the farm manager for the ACFD – Agape Farm has taken nine agriculture intern students through a 12 week cr0p and animal program that is guaranteed to help them, their families and their village live sustainably wihtout malnutrition plaguing their future. “My intention is to make our farm a learning center for both the students and the local commuities where they can get knowledge. I will be proud at the end if our farm becomes a center for learning and sustainability.” – Samuel (The BEST farm manager!).
At the end of the term he reports ” My intern students did an amazing thing during their presentations and they explained everything I taught them. Our farm was selected among the best places for interns”. Well done Samuel!
The 12 week intern student work plan included:
- planting from the nursery bed using drip irrigation
- growing tomatoes, cabbage, sumawiki, onions using Farming God’s way technique
- learning how the make natural pesticides
- care of livestock – pigs and goats including immunizations and castration
- fisheries
- animal feed formulations