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The course is designed to introduce students to health and safety, agriculture Biology and chemistry, chemicals of life, plant nutrition, Human nutrition, and social welfare, weather and climate change, waste disposal and management, occupation health, safety and Environment.

The course is designed to introduce students to agricultural extension, principles of agricultural extension and communication, group formation, management and dynamics, meetings, work readiness, personal effectiveness, customer care and management functions. The course will also introduce students to project formulation and management, Report making, presentation, gender issues and agricultural policies

The course will introduce students to farm structures, construction materials, farm buildings, water harvesting and storage structures, animal handling structures and  crop handling structures

The course will cover the introduction to livestock management, management of diary and beef stock, poultry production, piggery, fish, sheep and goat production and marketing. The course will also introduce students to the rearing and management of pet animals such as Rabbits, Cats, and Dogs

The course is designed to cover stewardship of the land for agriculture, soil formation and properties, Land preparation, irrigation as method of land improvement, Drainage as a method of land improvement, water conservation and sustainability and soil fertility.

The course is purely a practical course and the student is expected to extract information from any of the modules of Principles of Crop Production, Rearing and Management of Livestock, Land and Soil Management and other activities on the farm.

In addition to field and hands-on Agricultural courses this course is specifically designed to provide an additional opportunity for students to gain relevant work experience in a field agricultural environment in different areas of interest. In this course, Students will train for 8 weeks in an agricultural environment which could be an educational institution, research center, government ministry, local government agency, private commercial agricultural company, such as Kakira Sugar works, Mehta Group of companies etc. During this period, the students will be expected to make a significant contribution to a relevant project under the supervision of specific industrial staff and Bugema University personnel. Students are obliged to actively participate in all relevant Industrial Training Programs so as to gain additional skills in different areas of option; i.e.  Agronomy and soil fertility, Animal Production and Nutrition, Crop Science and Management, and Agribusiness. At the end of the training, Students will prepare a final report on their placement, and make a presentation of their work.