Our Theme for the day - Sowing the Seeds for our future.The training was carried out at our

Royal Seed, 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄! involving 15 Female Students from Kanani Girls

High School accompanied by their 5 agriculture teachers.

We partnered with East West Seed Kenya & The Amara Charitable Trust who assisted in making the event a great Success!
The focus areas of training were in-house seed-raising chambers and our internal Demonstr-ation/Trial Farm.

NURSERY SEED-RAISING CHAMBERS
At the Nursery, the students got to learn about the different soilless media used for propagation and this including Peat moss & Vermiculite which we use on our site, The students were involved practically, especially in the planting part. This was important as it equipped them with the knowledge of what is happening in our world today in terms of seed raising. Farmers are setting aside conventional seed- raising methods and embarking on modern ways which are safe to use. The method ensures good germination of seeds and most importantly disease-free seedlings. The seedlings raised in a modern way don’t suffer from transplanting shock as the roots are always intact, they are given the right duration to harden off before transplanting.

The students also got to see and learn about different crop cultivars and the duration taken by different crops to germinate in the germination room before being moved to the hardening area. They also got to learn about the purpose of the different traps we have in the Nursery (Yellow traps for white flies, blue traps for thrips, and the yellow and blue roller traps meant for the same purpose).

TRIAL/DEMONSTRATION FIELD

At the trial Field, they got to learn on;

• Different aspects of crop growth

• Mode of irrigation

• Different methods of curbing crop pests

• Harvesting of crops
  Besides the basic education, they got to learn on the economic value of different crops and how one can easily earn a living from farming. This mainly touched on lettuce whereby it’s a less common produce in the market and demand is quite higher than the supply, Large- or Small- Scale farming can fetch a good price in the market,unlikethecommonvegetableseveryone grows.We also educated the students about the importance of conserving the environment and most importantly the importance of planting trees.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL

Kanani Secondary School was founded backin2013andestablishedunderanon- profitable organization known as The Amara Charitable Trust. The School has a Young Farmer’s Club which has been active throughout its inception & has so far practiced farming projects such as; CABBAGE, CARROTS, TOMATOES, KALES & ONIONS.

Vision & main Objective: Empowering the Students to tap this knowledge for their future endeavors in these ever-changing ecological conditions.

What a Fantastic Day we had!