Ministry of Education and Sports

Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

MODULARIZED ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (NCAP)

UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

2021
PREAMBLE
NCAP programme is divided into modules each of which is designed to cover an aspect of the training.
If a trainee successfully completes a module/a competence area, he/she will have achieved the
competencies required toward a strategic agricultural occupation and is, therefore, awarded
CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY. On successful completion of all modules, the trainees shall be
awarded the National Certificate in Agricultural Production (NCAP)
MODULES/COMPETENCY AREA AND AWARDS
S/N Modules Award
1 Land and Soil Management Certificate of competency in Land and Soil
Management
2 Crop Production and Management Certificate of competency in Crop Production and
Management
3 Rearing and Management of Certificate of competency in Rearing and
Livestock Management of Livestock
4 Basic Science, Occupational Safety Certificate of competency in Basic Science,
and Health Occupational Safety and Health
5 Computer Applications Certificate of competency in Computer Applications
6 Livestock Improvement and Certificate of competency in Livestock
Nutrition Improvement and Nutrition
7 Extension Services and Farm Certificate of competency in Extension Services and
Management Farm Management
8 Agroforestry, Silviculture, Apiculture Certificate of competency in Agroforestry,
and Environmental Conservation Silviculture, Apiculture and Environmental
Conservation
9 Farm Machinery and Appropriate Certificate of competency in Farm Machinery and
Technologies Appropriate Technologies Services
10 Construction and Maintenance of Certificate of competency in Construction and
Farm Structures Maintenance of Farm Structures
11 Customer Care and Agri-business Certificate of competency in Customer Care and
Agri-business
12 Value Addition and Marketing of Certificate of competency in Value Addition and

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 Farm products Marketing of Farm products

IDENTIFIED MODULES/COMPETENCY AREA

Module 3 Module 2
Module 4 Rearing and Management of Crop Production
Livestock and Management
Basic Science, Occupational
Safety and Health

Module 1
Module 5 Land and Soil
Computer
Management
Applications in
Agriculture

Module 6 Module 12
Program
Livestock Improvement Value Addition and
National Certificate in
and Nutrition Marketing of Farm
Agricultural Production
(NCAP)
products

Module 7
Extension Services
and Farm
Module 11
Management
Customer Care and
Agri-business

Module 8
Module 9
Agroforestry
Farm Machinery and Module 10
and Apiculture
Appropriate Technologies Construction and Maintenance
of Farm Structures

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MODULE CODE: VCAP 102
MODULE NAME: LAND AND SOIL MANAGEMENT
Learning Outcome
The trainee should be able to:
 Acquire land for agricultural production
 Improve soil fertility for increased agricultural productivity
 Conserve soil and water on the farm
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Content Contact
covered in hours
the module
1. The trainee: Improve land and soil  Meaning of land 06 Hours
Stewardship  Identifies fertility and soil  Sources/ways of
of Land for sources/ways structure through; acquiring land
Agriculture of acquiring  Mulching of soil  Characteristics
land for  Construction of of good land for
agriculture absorption banks agriculture
 Differentiates and diversion  land ownership-
between good channels registration land
and bad land  Controlling acquisition
for particular grazing, rotating  rewards of land
agricultural grazing rotating
purpose and crops
practice  Making of manure
2: Soil The trainee:  Constructing  Factors 10 Hours
formation and  Appreciates terraces, barrages influencing soil
Properties the value of and raised beds formation
soil  Planting  Soil profile and
components trees/grass/vegeta importance to
in the growing tion along agriculture
of crops and contours/boundari  Soil
rearing of es composition basing
animals  Intercropping on moisture, air,
 Determines  Planning crop organisms, mineral
the crops rotation matter and organic
suitable for  Applying fertilizers matter
particular  Controlling bush  Importance of

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 type of soil burning soil components to
crop production
  Soil texture,
 Soil
structure,
 Soil PH in
response to
nutrient
availability
to crops
 - Soil nutrients
3. Land The trainee:  Land 20 Hours
Preparation  Develops the preparation
farm land  land
layout plan on clearing
the utilization  primary and
of the secondary tillage
available land  Types of
 Mobilizes the seedbeds
tools and  Importance
equipment for of seedbed
land preparation
preparation  Methods of
 Prepares seedbed
planned and preparation
allocated land  Timing of
for either crop seedbed
growing or preparation
animal  Identificatio
rearing. n of tool and
equipment for land
preparation
 preparation
of the tools and
equipment
 land use
planning-farm
layout
4. Irrigation as The trainee:  Definition of 12 Hours
the method of  Identifies Irrigation
Land the equipment  Importance of
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Improvement used for irrigation,
irrigation  Types of
 Assembles irrigation
and  sprinkle,
disassembles drip/trickle,
irrigation  surface,
equipment  sub surface
 Supplies overhead,
the farm with  requirements of
water to grow for establishing
and rear a good
animals irrigation
system,
 parts of a good
irrigation
system,
 maintenance of
an irrigation
system,
 reasons for
irrigation,
5. Drainage as The trainee:  Meaning of 12 Hours
the Method of  Drains land drainage,
Land and makes it  Types of
suitable for drainage,
Improvement
agriculture  Reasons for
drainage,
 Observes the
methods of
precautions to drainage,
be taken care  Methods of
off during the draining
draining of saturated soils
land for a  Maintenance of
drainage
particular
system,
purpose  Importance of
drainage,
 Legal policies
on drainage,
 Advantages and
disadvantages of
drainage

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6. Soil Erosion The trainee:  Meaning of soil 08 Hours
 Prevents soil erosion
erosion in the  Causes of soil
farm erosion
 Types of soil
 Controls soil erosion,
erosion in the
 Effects on soil
farm by
erosion agriculture
 Factors that
influence erosion
 Control
measures of soil
erosion
 Benefits of
controlling soil
erosion
7.Water The trainee:  Meaning of 10 Hours
Conservation  Identifies water conservation
and various methods  Sources of water
to be used for to be conserved in a
Sustainability
conserving farm
water in the  Ways of
farm conserving water in
 Conserves a farm
water for more  Crops that
days in the farm promote water
Appreciates the conservation
economic  Benefits of
importance of conserving water in
conserving a farm agriculture
water in the 
farm
8.Soil fertility The trainee:  Meaning of soil 22 Hours
 Identifies the fertility,
causes of soil  Factors affecting
fertility soil fertility
 Limits the  Effects of soil
factors fertility on crops
responsible in and animals
causing soil to  Macro and micro
lose fertility soil nutrients
 Identifies  soil mineral
methods of deficiency and their
increasing soil symptoms in crops
fertility  Making of
 Makes farm natural composed
manures to be manure
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 applied on the  Application of
farm soil to composed manure
better crop for banana, mango,
production orange, pawpaws,
 Uses pineapples,
fertilizers on vegetable growing.
farm where  Soil mulching
applicable and its role in
improving soil
fertility
 Bush burning
and its effects on
soil fertility
 Land cultivation
methods, their
contribution and
effects in soil
fertility.
 Making of
organic fertilizer
using farm
resources
 Fertilizer
application
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 100 Hours

VCAP 101: CROP PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module unit, the trainee should be able to:
 Prepare the land appropriately for planting
 Select good quality planting materials
 Plant crops appropriately
 Weed the crops
 Control pests and diseases from attacking crops
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Content Contact
covered in hours
the module
1. Selection of The candidate: Producing crops by;  Varieties, 04 Hours
planting  Selects the  Improving on soil  local varieties
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materials best crop variety fertility  improved/hybrid
for a given season  Selecting varieties
and soil. tools/equipment  Qualities of good
 Preparing land
 Identifies planting materials,
 Selecting planting
source of planting materials, prepare  Sources of planting
material. planting materials, materials,
 Stores plant the materials  Storage of planting
planting  Managing planting materials
material. materials, nursery
2. Preparation The candidate: beds  Treatment of planting 12 Hours
 Controlling pests
of planting  Prepares materials,
and diseases
materials various planting  Handling,
 Harvesting crop
materials.
products  Crop propagation /seed
 Carries out
 Storing crop propagation,
seed germination
produce Germination and seed
tests
 Adding value to dormancy,
 Grafts at
harvested
least 4 seedlings.  Vegetative propagation-
products, process,
 grafting, layering,
and package and
market the cutting,
products.  Use of storage structures
3: Planting The trainee:  Keeping farm  Qualities of good 14 Hours
materials for  Identifies records planting materials,
 Training the
different good quality  Depth of planting
public on the use
crops planting material. of productive and  different cereals,
 Measures profitable  different legumes,
depth of planting agricultural  root crops,
for different practices  field crops,
crops.  tubers,
 Describes  fruit trees,
planting season  horticultural crops
for different  Planting season for
crops. the different crops,
 Interprets a  Methods of planting
calendar different crops,
season for
different
crops.
4: The trainee:  Site Selection and 10 Hours
Preparation  Selects an Site preparation,
and appropriate site  Tools and equipment
management for a nursery bed used in nursery Bed
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of nursery establishment. Management
bed for  Uses tool  Nursery bed
specific crops correctly. management practices
 Raises good  Sowing
seedling/man  weeding,
ages nursery  watering
beds.  Pricking Out
 Hardening Off
 Transplanting
 Potting
5: Weed The trainee:  Meaning and 06 Hours
science  Identifies, classification of weeds,
collects and  economic importance
groups various
of weeds,
weed types.
 Identifies  Methods of weed
effects of weeds control
on crop  cultural,
productivity.  mechanical,
 Selects an  biological and
appropriate
chemical,
method to use in
controlling  Integrated weed
specific weeds on control (IWC)
the garden.

6: Agronomic The trainee:  Crop classification, 32 Hours
practices for  Grows  Importance of the
selected crops crops using selected crops
appropriate
 agronomic practices
agronomic
practices for cereals- maize, rice,
 Harvests millet, sorghum, legumes-
crop using beans, soya, groundnuts,
appropriate root crops-cassava, sweat
technologies potatoes, fibre crops- cotton,
field crops-coffee, tea, sugar
cane, oil crops- sunflower,
simsim, tuber crops Irish,
horticultural-cabbage,
tomatoes, onions, carrot,
pepper, kale, eggplant,
spinach, plantation-banana,

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 medicinal crops, fruit crops-
papaws, oranges, passion,
mango, avocado, apple,
pineapple, jackfruit, water
melon
 spacing, weeding,
 fertilizer application,
 disease and pest
control,
 pruning,
 thinning,
 gap filling,
 earthling up,
 mulching,
 staking and harvesting,
7: Post- The trainee:  Drying, 14 Hours
harvest  Avoids  Threshing,
handling and crop losses after  Winnowing,
storage harvesting  Treating harvested
 Maintains products,
the quality of the  Storage
produce  Harvesting tools and
equipment,
 Utilization of
harvested products,
 Control of storage pests
8: Pest and The trainee:  Meaning of pest and 18 Hours
Disease  Identifies disease
Management effects of pests on  Classification of pests
crop productivity
and diseases
 Controls
pests  Damages caused by pests
 Uses and diseases
chemicals  Economic importance of
following pests
occupational  Integrated pest
health and safety management
standards.
 Symptoms and signs,
 Control measures for
pests and diseases
 Disease vectors

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 TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 110 Hours

VCAP 103: REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module unit, the trainee should be able to:
 Manage dairy cows
 Manage beef livestock
 Manage poultry appropriately
 Manage piggery appropriately
 Manage fish appropriately
 Rear and sustain beef cows, goats and sheep
 Rear and sustain rabbits, cats and dogs

DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES

Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Content Contact
covered in hours
the module
1: Introduction The trainee: Rearing and managing  Meaning of 06 Hours
to Livestock  Outlines livestock by; livestock management
Management the importance  Selecting good  Importance
of livestock.  Types of livestock.
breeds
Identifies the
 Preparing and
types of livestock
preserving animal
kept on farms.
feeds
2: The trainee:  Importance of the 18 Hours
 Managing pasture
Management  Identifies dairy industry in Uganda,
good dairy  Controlling and  Characteristics of dairy
of Dairy Stock
animals preventing breeds,
 Rears a parasites and  Systems of dairy cattle
dairy cow/goat diseases rearing,
for milk  Feeding animals  Dairy parasites
production  Diseases for cattle (foot
 Adding value to
 Manages a and mouth, anthrax,
pregnant animal animals’ products brucellosis, east coast
 Rears a  7. Marketing fever, red water and heart
calf animal products water disease, pneumonia,
 Milks a mastitis),
cow and  Identification of dairy
properly handles parasites and diseases,
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 milk  Effects of parasites to
 Designs dairy stock
document  Symptoms of dairy
formats and parasite infestation
keeps production  Life cycles of dairy
records parasites,
 Identifies  Preventive and control
the symptoms measures of dairy
and effects of parasites and diseases
dairy stock  Treatment of dairy
parasite diseases
infestation in  Management of in-calf
livestock. cattle
 Prevents  drying off,
and controls  steaming up,
parasites in dairy  Parturition,
livestock.  Calf rearing:
 Treats  feeding colostrum,
dairy livestock  Mother suckling,
infected with  bucket feeding,
diseases caused  foster mother feeding
by parasites  calf weaning,
 Milking techniques,
 milk handling and
hygiene,
 Milk preservation
 Milk value chain
management,
Milk value chain record
keeping
3: The trainee:  Importance of beef 16 Hours
Management  Identifies good production,
of Beef Stock beef animals  Characteristics of beef
 Rears a beef cattle,
animal  Systems of beef
 Rears a calf production,
 Slaughters  Management of beef
animal for beef cattle-
production  mature cows,
 Designs and  bulls,
keeps beef  steers,
production  Breeding and fattening,
records  Beef stock parasites
 Identifies the  Diseases for cattle (foot
symptoms and and mouth, anthrax,
effects of brucellosis, east coast
parasite fever, red water and heart
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 infestation in water disease, pneumonia,
beef livestock. mastitis),
 Prevents and  Identification of beef
controls stock parasites and
parasites in beef diseases,
livestock.  Effects of parasites to
 Treats beef stock
livestock  Symptoms of parasite
infected with infestation in beef stock
diseases caused  Life cycles of beef stock
by parasites parasites,
 Preventive and control
measures for beef stock
parasites and diseases
 Treatment of infected
beef stock
 Management of beef
products –
 beef,
 hides,
 blood,
 bones
 horns,
 Beef value chain
management,
Record keeping
4: Poultry The trainee:  Types of poultry` 16 Hours
Production  Identifies  Importance
and Marketing different types of  Breeds of poultry and
poultry on the their characteristics
farm  Egg handling
 Explains the  Incubation
importance of  Chick rearing
rearing poultry  Management systems
 Identifies  Poultry pests and
characteristics of diseases (New castle
different poultry disease, Gumbolo, Fowl
breeds pox, Coccidiosis)
 Identifies  Identification of
good eggs for poultry parasites and
incubation diseases,
 Rears chicks  Effects of poultry
 Manages parasites and diseases
poultry  Symptoms of poultry
 Markets parasite infestation and
poultry products diseases
 Identifies the  Life cycles of poultry
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 symptoms and parasites,
effects of  Preventive and control
parasite measures for poultry
infestation in parasites and diseases
poultry.  Pest and disease
 Prevents and control
controls  Treatment of poultry
parasites and pests and diseases
diseases in  Dressing the bird
poultry.  Marketing poultry
 Treats poultry products
infected with  Poultry feeds and their
diseases caused nutrient values.
by
parasites/pests.

5: Piggery The trainee:  Pig breeds 12 Hours

Rearing and  Identifies  Economic importance
Marketing different pig  Rearing systems
breeds  Feeding and feed
 outlines nutrient values
economic  housing
importance of pig  Breeding
rearing  Disease for piggery;
 Designs a anthrax, swine fever.
piggery house  Parasites and disease
 Manages a control
pig  Identification of
 Markets pig parasites and their
products diseases,
 Identifies the  Effects of parasites
symptoms and  Symptoms of parasite
effects of parasite infestation
infestation in  Life cycles of parasites,
piggery.  Preventive and control
 Prevents and measures
controls  Treatment for piggery
parasites in parasites and diseases
piggery.  Marketing of pig
 Treats pigs products
infected with
diseases caused
by parasites

6: Fish  The trainee:  Types of fish 12 Hours

 Identifies  Importance of fish
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Production different types of  Fish rearing structures
and Marketing fish  Feeding of fish
 Explains the  Pest, disease and
importance of predator control
fish  Treatment of infected
 Constructs a fish
pond  Fish keeping structures
 Manages a fish - Fish ponds
pond - Fish tanks
 Manages fish - Fish boxes
products Fish cages
 Identifies the  Design specifications
symptoms and and construction of fish
effects of pests’ keeping structures
infestation in  Maintenance of fish
fish. structures
 Prevents and  Fish harvesting
controls pests structures/equipment
and diseases in  Fish products Types of
fish. fish
 Treats fish  Importance
infected with  Management/pond
diseases types and construction
 Constructs fish  Fish products
keeping
structures
 Maintains fish
keeping
structures
 Makes fish
harvesting
structures

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7: Sheep and The trainee:  Economic importance of 22 Hours
Goats  Rears a goats and sheep
Production goat/sheep  Breeds of sheep and
 Values the goats
and Marketing
importance of  Rearing systems of goat
rearing and sheep
goats/sheep  Breeding of goats and
 Breeds a sheep
goat/sheep  Parasites and diseases
 Identifies (Diseases for goat and
common diseases sheep (anthrax, foot and
and parasites of mouth, pneumonia, PPR,)
goat/sheep  Identification of
 Identifies the parasites and diseases,
symptoms and  Effects of parasites and
effects of parasite diseases
infestation in  Symptoms of parasite
goats/sheep. infestation
 Prevents and  Life cycles of parasites,
controls
parasites and  Preventive and control
diseases in measures for parasites
goats/sheep. and diseases
 Treats  Treatment of sick
goats/sheep goats/sheep
infected with  Goat and sheep products
diseases
 Common goat and sheep
diseases and their control,
medicine and treatment
 Common parasites and
their control
 Common goats and
sheep feeds
 Sheep and goat housing
and specifications
 Space required for goat
rearing in open free
range/paddock and zero
grazing
8: Rearing and The trainee:  Housing for pet animals 10 Hours
Management  Rears rabbits Feeding of pet animals:
of Pet Animals  Manages  Training and exercise
rabbit’s for pet animals
(Rabbits, Cats,
 Manages dogs  Health management of
Dogs) and cats pet animals:
 -pests and diseases
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  -Pests and disease
control
 Slaughter
 utilization of pet animals
 Trade and poaching of
pet animals
 Pet animal contribution
towards agro-tourism,
 Government regulations
relating to pet animals

TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 112 HOURS

VCAP 104: BASIC SCIENCE, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module unit, the trainee should be able to:
 Apply the knowledge and skills gained from basic science in improving the agricultural
production
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Content Duration
areas/topics Tasks Contact
covered in hours
the module
1: The trainee: Promote  Meaning of a cell 06 Hours
Agricultural  Identifies Occupational  Types of cells and their structures
Biology cells safety, under low power and high power
 Differences between plant and
 Differentiates security and
animal cells
between health  Cell cytology including
animal and standards movement of materials in and out
plant cells by; of cells such as diffusion, osmosis,
 Investigates  Putting on active transport and plasmolysis,
the role of safety  Introduction to genetics and genetic
genes in gears terms
 Introduction to ecology, ecological
animal and  Securing
interactions and food web
plant species farm
2: The trainee: borders  States of matter: 04 Hours
Agricultural  Manipulates  Restrictin solids, liquids and gases,
Chemistry the states of g  Conversion of states of matter
matter in unauthori from one state to another
increasing  Atoms and atomic structure,
zed
agricultural  • Elements, compounds,
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 production visitors to mixtures, ions, radicals
 Appreciates the farm
the role of  Using
atoms,
firefightin
elements,
compound’s, g
mixtures, equipmen
ions and t in the
radical to farm
 Agricultural  Displaying
science and precautio
practices. nary
3: Chemicals The trainee: notices on  Carbohydrates 06 Hours
of life  Recognizes convenien  Proteins
the  Amino acids
t places in
importance  Enzymes,
carbohydrates the farm  Lipids (oils, fats)
, proteins,  Using first  Vitamins
amino acids, aid box  Minerals and mineral deficiency
lipids, and  Nucleic acids (RNA, DNA
vitamins in a services in  Food tests, procedures,
human health the farm observations and conclusions
 Identifies the
 Providing
foods that give
out access
carbohydrates roads and
, proteins, fire
amino acids, assembly
 lipids, points in
vitamins in a the farm.
human  Reading
health when and
consumed by a following
humanbeing manuals
and animals.  Training
4: Plant The trainee: workforce  Photosynthesis 04 Hours
nutrition  Promotes on safety • Meaning and process of
the role and photosynthesis
standards
process  Factors affecting the process of
of  photosynthesis (internal and
photosynthe external factors)
sis in  Raw materials, conditions
agricultural and products of photosynthesis
practice by  Transpiration
protecting • Meaning transpiration
the green. • Types of transpiration
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  Investigates  Importance of transpiration
the role and  Factors affecting transpiration
process of
transpiration
by
protecting
the green
5: Human The trainee:  Iron and vitamin A deficiency, 06 Hours
Health and  Prevents  HIV/AIDS
Population HIV/AIDS  effects,
infection  spread
Challenges
 Sensitizes  cause,
the public on  remedies,
the cause  impact on agricultural
and spread, productivity,
remedies and  population structure
impact of  family planning
HIV/AIDS on  meaning
agricultural  importance
production.  family planning methods
 myths related to family
planning
6: Human The trainee:  Meaning and importance of 06 Hours
Nutrition and  Upholds good nutrition,
Social healthy  Determinants of nutrition,
habits  Nutrition throughout the life cycle,
Welfare
 Sensitizes the  Malnutrition and nutritional
public on disorders,
the  Non-communicable diseases,
determinants, Obesity and diet
importance  Nutritional diseases
of  Human food, their nutrient values
nutrition in and what the food does in a body
relation to
good healthy
living
7: Weather The trainee:  Meaning of weather and climate 06 Hours
and Climate  Protects the change,
Change environment  Importance of studying
 Promotes weather and climate change
natural  Effects of weather on
environment agricultural production
by planting  Elements of weather and their
trees effects to agriculture
and  Weather instruments
maintenance  Measurement of weather

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 of wetlands parameters like daily temperature,
 Analyses the wind direction, humidity, cloud
soil moisture cover and type, rainfall intensity
level and and amount, seasonal changes,
water stress  Soil moisture level and water stress
 effect to effect to plant production,
plants  Seasonal and climate change
production effects on agricultural
 Identifies the production
elements of
weather and
their
importance
to
agriculture
8: Waste The trainee:  Meaning and importance of waste 04 Hours
Disposal and  Disposes disposal and management
Management waste into the  Plastic waste disposal and
right management practices
designated  Decomposing waste disposal and
places management practices
 Sensitizes the  Disposal of liquid waste
public on the  Effects of poor waste disposal to
dangers of human life, plants, animals and
open waste land
disposal on  Design and construction of
soil,animals, appropriate waste disposal and
human health management structures
and  The role of agriculturalists in waste
sustainable disposal and management
future.  Waste disposal and
 Designs and management policies in
constructs  Uganda
waste
disposal
structures
using locally
available
materials
9: The trainee:  Meaning of safety 12 Hours
Occupational  Observes  Safety on roads/water bodies
Health, safety, health  Road signs, their meaning and
and importance
Safety and
environment  Causes of accidents on farms,
Environment al roads and homes
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 precautions  Effects of accidents
Sensitizes the  Prevention of accidents
public on the  Characteristics of a
preventive good homestead
measures  Effects of poorly
taken against managedhomestead
non-  Personal hygiene and
communicabl itsimportance
e diseases  Physical exercise and
Controls air itsimportance to human
pollution and health
its effects on  Good feeding habits and their
crops, importance to human life
animals and  Air pollution and its effects
human  Methods of limiting air pollution
beings  Sources of occupational health
Identifies and safety (OHS) information
sources of  -the constitution of Uganda
occupational  -traffic and road safety act
health and  -environmental act by NEMA
safety  Requirements of OHS
information  Hazard identification in
Identifies OHS theworking
requirements environment
Identifies, uses  putting appropriate controls
and -putting up
maintains  mechanisms ofreporting
safety gears hazards.
on the farm  Importance of safety gears,
 Develops a  Types of gears and
mechanism theirapplications,
of reporting  Maintenance of safety gears,
hazards on  storage of safety gears,
thefarm  Meaning and importance of First
 Administers Aid management
first aid  First Aid box and the basic
toaccident tools/equipment
victims  Administration of first aid to
 Sensitizes the  Snake bite victims
public on the  Wasps/insect bite victims
dangers of  Dog bite victims
careless  Car/motor cycle/automobile
driving, accident victims
drinking, life  Water drowning victims
style, effects  Persons failing to breath
 Panga/hoe/Equipment/tool
ofnot putting
cut or prick
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 onprotective  Electric shock victims
wears  Referral of accident victims to
medical facilities
 The role of the general public
in helping accident victims
 The role of the police in helping
accident victims
 Prevention of accidents in the
farm, roads and homes.
 First Aid policies in Uganda
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 54 HOURS

TCCA 101: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE

Learning Outcomes
 Prepare farm and agribusiness documents
 Prepare documents on spread sheets
 Make power point presentations to farmers and other stakeholders
 Search web based agricultural information from the internet.
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Content Contact
covered in hours
the module
1. The trainee:  Prepare farm and  Types of computers and 10 Hours
Introduction  Identifies and agribusiness Computer hardware
to Computer uses key board documents (CPU, hard disk drives,
burtons as per  Prepare modem, keyboard)
their functions. documents on  Computer Accessories;
 Differentiates spread sheets scanners, projectors,
between letter  Make power external speakers.
and numerical point  Keyboard basics;
burtons on key presentations to Function keys, Numeric
board. farmers and keys and Navigation
 Typesets data other Keys
into the stakeholders  Starting a computer,
computer  Search web Closing down the
using key based computer
board. agricultural  Safety and Security of a
 Opens, closes, information from computer
restarts and the internet.
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 changes user
accounts.
 ensures safety
and security of
a computer


2. Desktop The trainee:  Start Menu, applications 04 Hours
Main Menu  Locates the menu, working with the
desktop start desktop; background,
menu, creates screen saver
desktop  Manipulating Open
background and Windows; Resizing,
screen saver. maximizing, minimizing,
 Changes Task pane, and Tiling
desktop windows
background and  Copying files from
screen saver. different locations
 Resizes, opens  Icons, files and folders
windows by
maximizing and
minimizing the
task pane.
 Closes and
opens windows
from task pane.
 Copies files
from external
drive, CD, DVD,
flash disc to
desktop.
 Identifies icons
on desktop and
their application
3. Word The trainee:  Starting, creating and 24 Hours
Processing  Starts, creates opening a word window
or opens a word  Working with text

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 window, work  Word menus for
with text and document editing; e.g.,
manage files. copy, paste, cut
 Uses word  Saving a word document
menus for  Saving a document in
document different formats and to
editing; e.g., a storage media, e.g.,
copy, cut, paste, Flash disc
cut.  Formatting a page and
 Saves a documents; paper size,
document in background colours
different  Working with tables;
formats and to a rows and columns
storage media,  Working with drawings,
e.g., flash disc. clipart and pictures
 Formats a page  Mail merging
and documents.
4. Printing, The trainee:  Printing documents 06 Hours
Scanning and  Installs the  Working with printer
Copying printer to a cartridges and toners
computer.
Documents  Scanning documents
 Describes the
procedure and pictures
followed when  Copying
printing
documents.
 Removes used
up cartridges
and toners and
replace or refill
them.
 Scans a
document or
pictures, saves
and prints.
5. Internet The trainee:  The Internet, web 10 Hours
and E-mail  Uses internet and Browsers
e-mail to search  Opening a website;
for information
website address (url),
and required
data.  Internet searching and
 Signs in and search engines
creates an e-mail  Saving information
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  Copies and saves downloading files,
information from music, pictures to the
the Internet, computer
downloading
 Electronic mail
files, music,
pictures to the - Creating email
computer. accounts
 Creates a strong - E-mail folders and
password for the attachments
email address. - Attaching documents to
 Connects two outgoing email
computers in the
- Downloading email
same room to a
LAN to share one attachment from
printer. incoming email
 Writes and sends - Formatting mail
email messages. - Searching mail
 Reads received  Security, safety and
mails. health practices to be
 Observes the
observed when using the
safety measures
when using the internet and email
computer.
7. Working The trainee:  Creating an excel 20 Hours
with Spread  Copies files and document
sheets documents from  Opening and Closing
one location to
excel document
another.
 Emerges, deletes  Entering data to a
and inserts excel worksheet, editing and
cells. formatting a datasheet
 Makes spread  Using formulas and
sheets. functions
 Formats spread  Creating/plotting charts
sheet for printing.
and graphs from excel
 Prepares bill of
quantities data values
(accounts  Inserting tables to excel
figures) using worksheet
excel.  Printing a spread sheet;
 Applies excel page setup, gridlines
formulae in
adding,
multiplying,
subtracting and
dividing
calculations.
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  Draws charts and
graphs using
excel and
internet.
8. Power The learner:  Creating a new 12 Hours
Point  Prepares work presentation slide
Presentations on Ms  Opening and closing a
PowerPoint presentation slide
slides.  Saving a presentation
 Edits the work document
on slides.  Transferring a
 Activates presentation to a storage
animations on media and different
the selected formats
slide design.  Adding and formatting
 Makes a text, pictures and media
PowerPoint on slides
presentation.  Creating a slideshow and
 Runs a full slide running a slideshow
show.  Printing presentation
slides
 Animating slides for
presentations
 Principles of writing
text/information on
slides.
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 86 HOURS

VCAP 201: LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT AND NUTRITION

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module unit, the trainee should be able to
 Select good breeding livestock
 Increase on livestock production
 Improve on the production of livestock through good breeding and feeding
 Mix the feeds to the specified rations
 Preserve the pasture.

DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES

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Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Tasks Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Introduction Trainee: Livestock  Meaning of 06 Hours
to Livestock  Provide improvement livestock improvement
Improvement adequate housing and nutrition  Principles of
for farm animals. livestock improvement
by;
 Maintain health housing, feeding, health
animals on the  Selecting and breeding,
farm. good  objectives of
 Mix feeds for breeding livestock improvement
animals and livestock  Objectives of
 Feed animals animal breeding
 Increasing
appropriately.  importance of
on breeding
livestock  methods of
production livestock improvement
and breeding
 Improving
on the
2: Breed The trainee:  Meaning of Breeding 06 Hours
 Identifies the production  Breeding systems
selection
matching of livestock  Qualities of good
breeding seeds through animals for breeding
among the good  Characteristics of
livestock and breeding good breeds for - Beef,
animals Dairy, Piggery, Poultry,
and
 Sensitizes the Rabbit, Fish, Goats,
clients on the feeding Sheep,
quality of good  Mixing  Limitations of
animals for breeding and selection
feeds to the
breeding  Solutions to the
 Educates the specified problems
clients on the role rations
of feeds in
 Preserving
livestock breed
improvement pasture.
 Selects the best
animals for
breeding

3: Management Trainee:  Importance of 14 Hours

of Breeding Detects heat in keeping breeding stock
stock breeding animals  Oestrus cycle
and ensures  Signs of heat
timely serving of  Heat detection
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 animals on heat.  Forms of heat, ,
Separates  Causes of failure for
animals on heat an animal to come on
away from bad heat)
breed males  Mating systems
Outlines the  Advantages and
advantages and disadvantages of mating
disadvantages of systems including
the mating system artificial insemination
and artificial  Flushing up
insemination  Signs of pregnancy,
Tests the  Pregnancy testing,
animals for  Management of the
pregnancy animal before, during
Identifies and after parturition,
pregnant animals
Provides pregnant
animals with good
feeding, shelter
and other
requirements
4: Reproductive The trainee:  The structural 08 Hours
Systems in cattle  Draws and anatomy of the
and poultry labels an anatomy reproductive system of a
of a female and cow, bull
male reproductive  The structural
systems of a hen anatomy and
,bull/cow and reproductive system of a
goat/buck hen
 Outlines the  Deformities and
deformities and diseases of reproductive
diseases system
commonly
attacking the
reproductive
systems

5: Breeding The trainee:  Upgrading of livestock 06 Hours

Systems  Curls  Line breeding,
unproductive  Cross breeding,
animals in the  Inbreeding,
herd.  Crisscrossing,
 Allows quality  Backcrossing
productive  Ethics in livestock
animals to breed. breeding and
Observes the improvement
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 ethics practiced in
livestock breeding
and improvement
6: Introduction The trainee:  Meaning of animal 10 Hours
to Animal Health  Appreciates nutrition,
and Nutrition the importance of  Reasons for feeding
feeding animals animals properly,
on high quality  Animal feed
feeds. composition
 Draws the  types of animal feeds
outline of the  Digestive systems of
digestive system ruminant and non-
of ruminants and ruminant animals
non-ruminants
Outlines the
functions of
several parts of
the digestive
system of
ruminants and
non-ruminants
7: Animal feed The trainee:  Identification of feed 14 Hours
formulation  Appreciate ingredients and their
s the importance feed values
of providing  Forms of feeds,
animals with  Types of feeds,
various feeds  Feed mixing
 Identifies  preparation,
various raw feed preservation and storage
materials for of animal feeds,
livestock  Animal nutrient
 Prepares requirements,
animal feeds  Feed rations
according to a  Animal feed
given specification processing tools and
 Preserves equipment,
and store animal  Terms related to
feeds for different feeding of animals,
types of animals
 Feeds
animals on
improved rations
for higher
productivity

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8: Pasture The trainee:  Meaning of a 10 Hours
Establishment Appreciates the pasture,
and role of pasture  Importance of
in livestock pasture,
Management
farming  Types of pastures and
Identifies the their
type of pasture characteristics,
required for a  Classification and
particular type examples of
of livestock pastures
Establishes  Advantages and
pasture with disadvantages,
good quality  Methods of
species for pastures
feeding animals improvement,
Improves on  Pasture propagation
poorly managed and
pasture land establishment
 Management of
 established pastures
9: Preservation The trainee:  Meaning of 06 Hours
of pastures  Utilizes the pasture landefficientlypasture
 Grows hey preservation,
and silage  Hay and silage
 Makes hey making,
and silage  Factors affecting
Preserves good quality of hay and
quality pasture silage
 Identifies the  Storage of hay and
suitable silage
grazing system  Grazing systems
for a given  Advantages and
client disadvantages of the
 Educates the grazing systems
clients on the
advantages and
disadvantages
of grazing
systems
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 80 HOURS

VCAP 202: EXTENSION SERVICES AND FARM MANAGEMENT

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module unit, the trainee should be able to:

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 (i) Carry out extension services to farmers
(ii) Keep the required farm records
(iii) Improve on farm productivity
(iv). Manage a small and medium size farm
(v). Keep the required farm records
(vi) Uphold work and professional ethics.
(vii) Uphold gender participation in agribusiness
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Tasks Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Introduction to The trainee: Provide  Meaning of extension 08 Hours
Agricultural  Transfers Extension  Importance and
Extension knowledge, Services and objectives of
skills and extension education
Farm
technology to  Extension services
farmers management offered to
 Facilitates skills by; farmers/clients
extension  Organizing  Extension methods
trainings among farmer groups  Introduction to
 Conducting extension methods
the farmers
meetings  Preparation and use
of visual aids,
 Training
 Characteristics and
farmers/clien handling of adult
ts on gender, trainees,
environmenta  Extension agents
l protection, and their qualities
2: Principles of The trainee: afforestation,  Basic 14 Hours
Agricultural  Transfers the biodiversity, principles of
Extension and information to climate agricultural
the audience change, food extension
Communication
appropriately  Functions and roles
security,
 Identifies the of extension work
nutrition and  Communication
characteristics
family (meaning of
of a good
planning.  communication,
extension
 Offering communication
worker channels,
preventive
and curative barriers, ways of
improving
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 disease communication,
control communication
services. tools, making
presentation)
 Demonstratin
 Characteristics of
g to farmers extension work
improved  Problems,
crop and challenges and
livestock limitations of
management extension.
practices.  Communication and
knowledge transfer
 Training
skills (oral, media,
farmers on social networking)
3: Group The trainee: value  Group formation 08 Hours
Formation,  Facilitates addition, and dynamics (ways
Management and group processing, of forming groups)
formations agribusiness  Participatory
Dynamics
 Sensitizes and approaches,
members on problems,
marketing of
their roles in  Characteristics of a
farm good and successful
groups products. group,
 Linking  Challenges and
farmers with possible solutions,
research  Role of group
institutions members and group
and other leadership
4: Meetings The trainee: agro-based  Definition of a 10 Hours
 Appreciates the organizations. meeting
relevancy of  Importance of
 Sensitizing
holding meetings to a group
meetings farmers on or individual
 Organizes agricultural enterprise
meeting policies and  Types of
 Chairs meetings how to meetings
overcome (demonstration
agricultural meetings,
management
risks. meeting,
 Meeting leadership
and roles
 meeting notices
and invitation)
 minute taking,
formulation of
agenda,
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  management and
control of meetings
 Filing of minutes
and follow up
activities
 Member
arrangement and
sitting format during
meetings
5: Work The trainee:  Preparation 08 Hours
Readiness  Sustains the for interview
Personal job/work  Job orientation
 Develops own  Self-preparation for
Effectiveness
attitude interviews and work
towards work  Attitudes toward
 Manages work and team
conflicts at members
work place and  Conflict
management
home
 Understanding one’s
own weakness and
strength
6: Customer Care The trainee:  Definition and 12 Hours
 Attracts importance
customers/clien  Customer
t s into the identification,
business  Customer handling,
 Retains the  Customer retention,
customers in  Communicating and
the business networking with
 Improves a clients,
business  Customer follow
environment up/after sales service
 Guaranteeing
the products for
customers
 Use of receipts,
delivery notices,
vouchers
 Business
promotions
 Presentations of
business attendants
to customers
 Use of appropriate
customer language
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  Improvement of
 environment
and hygiene of
the business
7: Management The trainee:  Meaning and 20 Hours
Functions  Performs importance of
management management
functions in a  Roles and functions
business of a farm manager-
 Keeps business planning,
records for coordination,
any reference organizing, directing,
 Keeps business reporting, budgeting,
inventories at staffing, internal
regular controls
 Delegation
intervals
importance/reasons
 to whom, why and
when to delegate
 Farm Record keeping
- meaning of records,
- importance of
records,
- types of records,
- qualities of good
records,
- formats and designs
of different records
- opening of record
files
- record books
 Keeping inventories
- importance
 - opening and
closing inventory
- valuation of
inventory
8: Project The trainee:  Project 12 Hours
Formulation and  Identifies identification of
Management viable business project/idea
ideas/project  Data collection
 Writes a simple - data collection
business plan methods,
 Mobilizes - transect walk,
resources - cross interviews,
required to - focus group

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 start the discussions,
project/busines questionnaires
s idea  Simple project
 Carries out proposal,
project - planning, writing,
activity/expens  resource
mobilization,
es
- lobbying and
documentations advocacy skills
 - monitoring,
implementation
and evaluation
 Documentation,
- Use of phone,
computer
technologies for
picture taking and
video
 recording and
development
 -Use of
mobile
phone/computer
 technologies
for presentation
9: Report Making The trainee:  Meaning of report 12 Hours
and Presentation  Writes reports  Types of reports,
 Presents - production
reports - Field report
- management reports
 Format/structure
of reports,
 Follow up
activities of
reports
(meetings,
communication,
requisitions)
 Report writing
10: Gender and The trainee:  Meaning of gender, 08 Hours
Agricultural  Promotes  Gender roles in
Policy gender relation to
participation in agriculture,
agriculture  Gender stereo types
 Sensitizes the in agriculture and
public on the their effects
benefits for  Women and
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 both gender children’s
to contribution in
 participate in agriculture,
agricultural  Meaning of
activities. agricultural policy on
gender
 Types of
agricultural policies
related to gender and
development
 Policy objectives and
policy cycle
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 112 HOURS

VCAP 203: AGROFORESTRY, SILVICULTURE, APICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSERVATION
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module unit, the trainees should be able to
 Establish agroforests
 Integrate Silviculture farming in agroforests
 Integrate floriculture farming in agroforests
 Manage and keep bees for various uses
 Manage and dispose farm waste
 Protect and preserve the natural environment for sustainable development
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Tasks Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Introduction to The trainee: Protect and  Meaning of 04 Hours
Agroforestry  Selects tree preserve the agroforestry
species suitable for environment by;  Importance,
agro forestry  Classification of
 Disposing
 Prepares land for trees by purpose,
agro forestry waste  Planting and
 Establishes agro correctly establishing forests,
forests  Re-using  Characteristics
 Harvests sand animal of a good
agroforestry,
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 processes tree waste and 
planting seeds. plant
2: Tree Nursery The trainee: residues as  Meaning of tree 08 Hours
Establishment  Establishes and manure. nursery
and Management manages a tree  Growing  Siting of tree
nursery maggots nursery bed
 Selects the  Tree nursery bed
using
required species of siting
trees for a particular animal  Preparation of a
purpose for planting waste tree nursery
  Promoting  Tree nursery bed
use of shading, watering of
biogas, nursery beds
 Selection of
briquettes,
species for
energy
agroforestry -
saving
albizia, caliandra,
stoves and
fruit trees, neem
lamps
trees, susbanium,
 Making
gravaelia
pesticide
3: Bee Keeping The trainee: using  Meaning of 08 Hours
and Management  Selects suitable animal
apiculture
sites for bee keeping  Importance,
 Identifies the urine and  Apiary set up,
materials for the natural  Site selection and
construction of bee herbs colonizing of bee
hives  Using hives,
 Designs beehives agrochemic  Types of bees,
 Manages bee hives  Bee races,
als
to produce honey  Feeding of bees,
 Process and properly.  Bee breeding,
market apiary  Planting  Types bee hives
products trees  Advantages and
 Observes the  Keeping disadvantages of
safety measures and each type of bee hive
when handling the managing  Design,
bee hives. construction and
bees
 Produces honey. maintenance of bee
 Processes honey. sustainably hives,
 Constructs and  Establishing  Honey harvesting,
maintain and processing and
beehives. managing packaging
flower  Marketing of
gardens apiary products
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 taken care of
when keeping and
managing apiary
farming
4: Agro Forestry The trainee:  Meaning of 06 Hours
Component  Appreciates the interactions
Interactions impact of agro  Importance of
forestry components component
to each other interactions:
 Sensitizes the  Positive
public on the interactions,
importance of  Negative
interactions
increasing forests
 Tree-crop
coverages in their interfaces
localities  Tree-animal
interface
 Human being-
tree-crop and
animal
interactions
5: Flower and The trainee:  Importance of 08 Hours
Ornamental  Selects suitable flowers and
Production sites for flower ornamentals
gardens  Types of flowers
 Establishes and and ornamentals like
manage flower rose, Pelargonium,
gardens Geranium and
 Manage flowers in Chrysanthemum
a green house  Growth
 Designs interior requirements and
and exterior spaces management
with flowers practices
 Harvests, grades,  growth
packs and preserves regulators
flowers forsale  Green house
 management
 Harvesting
utilization, post-
harvest, handling,
packaging, branding
and marketing
 Floriculture
value-chain
 export trade
management
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6: Farm Waste The trainee:  Meaning of farm 06 Hours
Disposal and  Disposes waste waste and farm
Management appropriately on the waste disposal
basis of its nature  Types of farm
(biodegradable/non- waste, bio-
biodegradable). degradable and non-
 Recycles farm biodegradable farm
waste waste,
 Uses farm waste  Animal waste
as feeds for reuse/ recycling
maggots and  Disposal of
expired drugs,
garden manure
chemicals and
containers,
 Enterprise mix in
waste
management
7: Sustainable The trainee:  Meaning of 10 Hours
Agriculture  Produces organic sustainable
Practices agriculture products Agriculture,
sustainably on the  Importance of
farm. sustainable resource
 Identifies the farm utilization in
products and Agriculture,
processes of turning  Organic farming
the raw materials to principles and
organic. practices
 Makes organic  Organic chemical-
insecticides, from farm
pesticides from herbs/farm urine,
animal and human  Manure making
urine mixed with using farm waste
farm herbs. products,
 Makes organic  Organic
manure from farm management of
waste. pests and diseases –
 Grows using maxican
mushrooms for marigold, red
domestic and pepper, onions,
economic gain tobacco leaves, neem
 Cultures/grows trees, blackjack
maggots using farm lantana camara
waste for feeding wood ash, cow dung
pigs, poultry among animal urine,
others builder’s lime,
 Mushroom
growing,
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   Growing of
maggots- breeding,
preservation, and
utilization
 Marketing of
organic foods and
certification
processes
8: Productive The trainee:  Meaning of 06 Hours
Utilization of  Appreciates the wetlands,
Wetlands role of wetlands in  Importance of
improving wetlands to humans,
agricultural livestock, crops,
productivity vegetation
 Sensitizes the  The relationship
public on the need to between wetlands,
protect wetlands as a agroforestry and
way of sustaining our climate change
future generations  productive use of
 Productively wetlands for
utilizes wetlands Agricultural
production
 dangers of
exploiting/degradin
g wetlands
 Wetland policy in
Uganda
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 56 HOURS

VCAP 204: FARM MACHINERY AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES

Learning Outcome
By the end of this module unit, the trainee should be able to
 Trouble shoot operational challenges in farm machinery
 Innovate supportive appropriate technologies that support production
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative Duration
areas/topics syllabus Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Introduction The trainee: Operate and  Meaning of 08 Hours
to Agricultural  Outlines the importance maintain simple agriculture
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 mechanization and develop  Importance of
 Uses machinery in appropriate agriculture
agricultural technologies that mechanization
 Identify problems of  Problems of
support increased
agriculture mechanization in
productivity of the Uganda
mechanization and
farm by;  Possible
finds
 Trouble solutions to the
shooting problems
operational 
2: Tools and The trainee: challenges in  Selection of 08 Hours
 Identifies and uses the farm machinery farm tools and
Equipment
right tool /equipment for  Innovating equipment
the farm activity supportive  Tools and
 Maintains farm tools appropriate equipment
and equipment technologies o Garden tools
that support and equipment
production o Workshop
tools and
equipment
o Livestock
tools and
equipment
 Care and
maintenance of
farm tools and
equipment.
3: Farm Power The trainee:  Sources of farm 08 Hours
Supply  Identifies various power,
sources of farm power  Wind
 Uses different power  Engine
sources for different power
farm activities  Solar power
 Animal
 Water/hydro
power
 Human
power.
 Advantages
and
disadvantages
of each power
source
4: Farm Tractor The trainee:  Uses of a tractor 14 Hours
and its  Appreciates the use of a on the farm

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Implements tractor on a farm  Factors
 Identifies appropriate considered when
tractor implements for acquiring tractors
various farm operations and its implements
 Maintains a tractor and  Tractor
its implement. implements
 primary
implements, care
and maintenance
o mould board
plough
o disc plough
o ox plough
 secondary tillage
implements, care
and maintenance
o -disc
harrowers
o cultivators
o ridgers
o disc and
notched
harrows
o seed
planters
 weeders
5: Appropriate The trainee:  Meaning of 10 Hours
Technologies  utilizes available/waste appropriate
materials to produce new technologies,
products for sale  Importance,
 Conserves the Advantages,
environment. disadvantages
 Examples of
appropriate
technologies –
Biogas technology,
briquette making,
energy saving
stoves)
 Designing and
fabrication of farm
implements and
tools
6: Designing of The trainee:  Meaning of 12 Hours
Farm Tools,  Designs farm tools, design
Implements and equipment for various  importance of
purposes, different soils, design in
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Equipment. environment and use. agricultural
 Used locally made production and
tools/equipment and value addition
materials in managing the  Difference
crop and animal production between design and
in the farm drawing
 Design and
creativity on;
o Crop
planting tools
and
equipment/impl
ements
o Crop
weeding tools
and equipment/
implements
o Livestock
feeding
equipment
o Any other
useful farm
implements/too
ls/equipment
7: Farming in The trainee:  Meaning of urban 12 Hours
Urban and Peri-  Designs different and peri-urban
Urban Setting gardens to suit the space farming,
and the environment.  importance of
 Uses of any available urban and peri-
space in the urban farming,
community/homestead/co  advantage and
mpound disadvantages,
 Makes gardens in urban  forms of urban
and peri-urban settings and peri-urban
farming,
 enterprise mix
and inter
dependence of
enterprises,
 garden sacks,
 kitchen gardens,
 hanging gardens,
mandala gardens,
 Mushroom
gardens and
mushroom growing
 food tower,
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  Hydroponic
fodder production,
 box garden,
 garden designs,
 greenhouse
farming
8: Mushroom The trainee:  Mushroom 06 Hours
Growing  Designs different gardens
gardens to suit the space  Mushroom
and the environment. growing
 Uses of any available  Types of
space in the mushrooms
community/homestead/co  Food value from
mpound to grow mushroom
mushrooms  Garden designs
 Makes gardens in urban for mushrooms,
and peri-urban settings  Mushroom
 Grows mushrooms housing/green
 housing
 Equipment and
tools used in
growing
mushrooms
 Safety
regulations
observed when
growing
mushrooms
9: Safety The trainee:  understanding 16 Hours
Precautions to  Observes safety the manufacturers
Machine and the precautions on the farm manual
 Develops safety notices  use of
Operator
 Displays safety notices in protective gears
convenient places  speed control
  workshop
safety
measures/rules
and regulations
 Proper storage
and security.

10: The trainee:  Forms of 16 Hours
Precautionary  Takes precautionary precautionary
Measures during measures measures,
 Identifies causes of o restriction of
Farming
accidents on the farm visitors to the farm,
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operations  Develops safety warning foot bath,
notices  Causes of
 Trains farm occupants accidents to
on use of first aid tools and animals and human
equipment beings in the farm,
 Uses a fire extinguisher,  Developing
water jets and sand to fight safety warning
fire notices/books,
 Observing
quarantine and
legislative
measures
 Training farm
occupants on use of
first aid tools and
equipment
 Use of fire
extinguisher/ water
jets and sand for
fire fighting
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 110 HOURS

VCAP 205: CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF FARM STRUCTURES

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module unit, the trainee should be able to:
 Design simple farm structures
 Select quality construction materials for farm structures
 Construct simple farm structures that support agricultural production
 Maintain or repair farm structures for sustainability
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Tasks Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Introduction to The trainees: Construct and  Definition of farm 04 Hours
Farm Structures  Appreciates the maintain farm structures
role of farm structures by;  Importance of
structures in farm structures
crop and  Identifying  Types of farm
animal appropriate structures
production construction
 Identifies types and
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 designs of farm material
structures  Preserving
2: Construction The trainee: construction  Types of 06 Hours
Materials  Selects locally materials materials used for
available the construction
 Designing
materials for the of farm structures
construction of farm (local poles,
farm structures. structures bamboo, reeds,
 Appreciates the  Constructin grass, fibre, nails,
benefits of using g farm timber, iron
local materials sheets, sand, clay,
structures
for construction bricks, stones,
of farm using locally plastic, polythene,
structures as available marram)
opposed to materials  Advantages and
industrial made  Maintaining disadvantages of
materials each type of
farm
material
structures.  Selection of
materials
 Preservation of
construction
materials
 Comparison between
locally available and
industrial made
materials
3: Farm Buildings The trainee:  Importance of 10 Hours
 Identifies the farm buildings
suitable site for  Siting farm
a farm building buildings,
 Designs farm a  Types of farm
building with its buildings,
components  Designs of farm
buildings
 Components of
farm buildings
(foundation,
walls, roof and
floors)
4: Water The trainee:  Uses of water on a 06 Hours
Harvesting and  Harvests water farm
Storage for use in the  Sources of farm
farm water
Structures  Preserves and  Water harvesting
stores harvested methods
water in the farm.  Water storage
structures

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  Advantages and
disadvantages of
each water
storage structure
 Water
contamination
 Treatment of
farm water
 Farm water
distribution
5: Animal The trainee:  Types of animal 06 Hours
Handling  Designs animal handling
Structures handling structures
structures,  Importance
 Constructs and  Design and
maintains specifications of
animal handling animal handling
structures structures
 Fabricates  Construction and
animal feeding maintenance
equipment  Design
 Handles animals specifications and
using farm construction of
structure animal feeding
equipment
6: Crop Handling  Appreciate crop  Meaning of Crop 08 Hours
Structures handling handling
structures structures
 Design, and  Types of Crop
construct good crop handling
handling structures. structures
 Design outlook of
Crop handling
structures
 Qualities of good
crop storage
facilities
 Selection for
storage facilities
 Specifications of
storage facilities
 Types of storage
facilities for
specific crops
 Drying
yards/racks
 Solar driers
 Design
specifications,
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 Construction and
maintenance of
Crop handling
structures
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE HOURS
VCAP 206: CUSTOMER CARE AND AGRI-BUSINESS
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module unit, the trainee should be able to
 Start a business
 Manage a business
 Sustain a business
 Cost products
 Manage risks and uncertainties associated to agribusiness
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Tasks Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Content Contact
covered in hours
the module
1: The trainee: Start and sustain  Entrepreneur and 04 Hours
Introduction  Defines agribusiness by; entrepreneurship
to entrepreneur  Starting a  Characteristics/qualities
and of agri-business
Agribusiness business
entrepreneurshi entrepreneur
p.  Managing a  Types of
 Observes the business agribusiness
qualities of an  Sustaining a entrepreneurs
entrepreneur. business  Roles of agri-business
 Identifies the  Costing entrepreneur.
types of products  Agri-business
entrepreneurs entrepreneurship
 Managing risks
and what they process.
do. and  Barriers to agri-
 Justifies the roles uncertainties business
of entrepreneurs associated to entrepreneurship
in the agribusiness development.
community.
 Describes
entrepreneurshi
p process.
 Identifies the
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 entrepreneurshi
p development.
2: Creativity The trainee:  Distinctionbetween 04 Hours
and  Distinguishes Creativity and
Innovation in between innovation in
creativity and agribusiness
Agri-business
innovation.  Characteristics of a
 Demonstrates creative person
the  Types of innovation
characteristics  Factors influencing
of a creative innovation
person.  Characteristics of
 Analyses the innovative people
types and  Barriers to creative and
causes of innovation thinking.
innovation.  Benefits of innovation to
 Identifies agri-business.
barriers  Sources of agribusiness
creative and ideas
innovation
thinking.
 Justifies the
benefits of
innovation to
small
businesses.
 Generates
business ideas
for setting up a
business.
3: Business The trainee:  Identifying business 04 Hours
Opportunities,  Identifies opportunities
Starting and business  Screening business
opportunities. opportunities
sustaining
 Screens  Forms of business
Agri-Business business ownership-sole
opportunities to proprietor and
select the most partnership
appropriate.  Locating a business
 Analyses the  Establishing a business-
forms of business name with
businesses. meaning, business
 Sets up a licensing/registration,
business based records
on the analysis  Reasons for success /
and decisions failure of businesses
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 made.  Ethical practices
 Outline the required in sustaining
causes of agri-business
businesses
success/failure
4: Planning a The trainee:  Structure of a 06 Hours
Business  Makes a business plan
business plan.  Uses of a
 Justifies the business plan
importance of a  Challenges of
business plan.  planning a business.
 Identifies the  Writing a simple
challenges business plan
involved in  Developing a simple
making a budget
business plan.  Implementing a business
 Observes the plan-in phases and full
role of blast
government in  Mobilizing business
resources
entrepreneurshi
o Financial resources
p development. o Human resources
 Plant, machinery and
equipment
5: Managing The trainee:  Business environment 04 Hours
Agri-Business  Scans the and community norms
environment  Business risks
within which to  Sustaining
run a business. competitiveness of a
 Identifies the business
risks involved in  Leadership and
managing a motivation in
business. agribusiness
 Sets measures  Changing role of
to sustain  agri-business
competition in entrepreneur.
business.  Succession in the
 Exhibits good agribusiness
leadership skills entrepreneurial business
to promote
implementation
of the business
plans.
 Distinguishes
between an
entrepreneur
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 and an
intrapreneur.
 Justifies the role
of an
entrepreneur in
the success
of an
organization.
 Analyses the
challenges of
intrapreneurial
 activities in the
organization.
6: Customer The trainee:  Social responsibilities of 04 Hours
Care and Agri-  Exhibits the agri-business
business roles of an entrepreneur
entrepreneur in  Challenges of social
Ethics
society. entrepreneurship
 Mitigates the  Ethical behaviours of an
challenges of agri-business decisions
social of an entrepreneur
entrepreneurshi  Customer language
p.  Other methods of
 Exhibits ethical attracting customer
behaviours  Personal effectiveness,
when making traits
business
decisions.
7: Demand The trainee:  Meaning of demand and 04 Hours
and Supply  Appreciates the supply,
relevance of  Types of demand and
agricultural supply,
economics in  Factors affecting
agricultural demand and supply,
production  Laws of demand and
 Decides on supply,
what and when  Equilibrium
to buy or sell quantity/price, elasticity
agricultural of price, demand and
products or in- supply
puts.
8: Agricultural The trainee:  Meaning of agricultural 04 Hours
Credit and  Takes caution credit and financing,
Financing when acquiring  Importanceof agricultural
credit to finance credit and financing,
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 farming  Types of credit,
activities  Sources of agricultural
 Pays back credit and financing,
the credit and  Reasons for failure and
expands the success of agricultural
agribusiness credit
9: Financial The trainee:  Bookkeeping (recording 08 Hours
Management  Maintains basic transactions on
business agribusiness receipts,
records. Vouchers, invoices)
 Computes source documents,
business journals,
profits/ losses.  Balancing accounts, trial
 Prepares simple balance, bank
cash flow reconciliation
statements  Simple income
statement, simple
balance sheet,
 simple cash flows
10: Factors ofThe trainee:  Factors of production - 06 Hours
Production  Uses farm land, labour, capital and
resources entrepreneurship,
efficiently for  Production function
agriculture  Types of production
production functions,
 Identifies  Law of diminishing
agribusiness returns,
opportunities  Opportunity costs,
 Outlines the Production costs,
revenues to be  Types of revenue,
observed and  Profit maximization
paid concept
11: Product The trainee:  Importance of product 04 Hours
Costing and  Appreciates the costing,
Agri-Business role of costing  Input and output costs
of products and and their formats
Records
services  Handling costs,
 Outlines the  Implicit and explicit costs,
various costs  Fixed costs and variable
involved in costs
agricultural
production
 Costs for
products and
services
12: Risks and The trainee  Meaning of risks and 02 Hours
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Uncertainties  Outlines the uncertainties,
in Agriculture risks and  Types of risks and
uncertainties uncertainties,
faced in  Examples of risks
agricultural and uncertainties,
production  Comparison between
 Suggest the risks and uncertainty,
possible  Ways of guarding against
solutions to be risks and uncertainties
undertaken in
order to lower
the risks
 Guard
agribusiness
against risks
and
uncertainties
13: The trainee:  Meaning of cooperatives, 04 Hours
Cooperatives,  Mobilizes SACCOs and Village
SACCOs and community Savings and Loan
members to Associations (VSLA).
Village
form a  Importance of
Savings and cooperative cooperatives, SACCOs
Loan  Manages a and Village Savings and
Associations cooperative Loan Associations
(VSLA).
 Principles of
cooperatives, SACCOs
and Village Savings and
Loan Associations
(VSLA).
 Formation of
cooperatives, SACCOs
and Village Savings and
Loan Associations
(VSLA).
 Functions and
management of
cooperatives, SACCOs
and Village Savings and
Loan Associations
(VSLA).
 Problems faced by
SACCOs and Village
Savings and Loan
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 solutions to the
problems.
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 58 HOURS

VCAP 207: VALUE ADDITION AND MARKETING OF FARM PRODUCTS

Learning Outcome
By the end of the module unit, the trainees should be able to:
By the end of the module unit, the trainees should be able to:
 Add value to the yields or products while they are yet in the farm
 Process and package the harvested crops
 Preserve animal and fish products
 Market the products
 Conduct agribusiness market research
 Promote Agri-tourism
DETAILED LEARNING CONTENT AND COMPETENCIES
Units/major Competencies Duties and Indicative syllabus Duration
areas/topics Tasks Content Contact
covered in the hours
module
1: Processing and The trainee: Adding value to  Meaning of value 06 Hours
Value Addition  Processes and the addition
packages farm yields/products  Importance of
products value addition
while at the
 Preserves  Processing
different farm farm by; methods,
products  Processing  Importance of
 Uses and and processing,
maintains packaging Packaging
processing the  Preservation of
tools and harvested products,
equipment  Processing
crops
 Promotes and tools and
market farm  Preserving equipment
products. animal and
2: Marketing The trainee: fish products  Market survey 08 Hours
Farm  Carries out a  Marketing  Marketing mix
Products/Services market survey. the products (price, place,
 Applies the 4Ps  Conducting people, product
in marketing a 4Ps)
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 product. agribusiness  Marketing
 Distributes market  market
products using research,
the most  promotions,
suitable  marketing
channels. functions,
 Promotes the  marketing
product for channels,
sale.  exhibitions,
 marketing
agents
 Sales promotion
 Agribusiness and
tourism
 Agribusiness and
culture
3: Handling and The trainee:  Types of animal 06 Hours
Management of  Maintains good products,
Animal Products quality of  Qualities of good
the product animal products,
 Handles the  Preservation of
product animal products,
properly, stores  Storage of animal
and improves products,
shelf life  Processing of
 Utilizes animal animal products,
by- products  Marketing of
for different animal products,
purposes  Factors affecting
quality of animal
products,
 Nutritive value of
animal products,
Animal by-
products
4: Value Addition The trainee:  Making of 06 Hours
to Animal  Processes milk  ghee,
Products into  yoghurt,
ghee,  cheese,
yoghurt and  canning beef,
cheese  sausages,
 Make crafts  Craft products
from animal form hides, skins,
products
hooves, horns
5: Fish The trainee:  Importance of 04 Hours
 Preserve and fish processing
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Processing, process fish to  Fish preservation
Preservation and improve the  Methods of
Marketing market value of preservation
fish  Tools and
 Appreciatethe equipment used in
nutritive value fish preservation
of fish and its  Nutritional value
and fish utilization
general
 Fish markets
utilization.
6: Marketing the The trainee:  Organizing 04 Hours
Farm Products  Exhibit/display shows and
s farm products exhibitions,
on a market  Importance of
 Promotes and shows/exhibitions
sales the farm  Methods of show
product casing/exhibiting
 Prepares a products
product for the  Develop literature
market about farm
 Develops activities,
literature about  Make use of 4ps-
farm activities  Product,
and the product  Price,
 Promotion
 Place
7: Developing The trainee:  Crisps making from 06 Hours
New Products on  Innovatively raw fruits
the Farm transform raw  Making cakes from
products into bananas
finished goods  Cheese and yoghurt
 Makes juice making from raw
from fruits milk
 Sales  Processing banana
homemade peelings/maize
fruit juice cobs into various
animal feeds
 Making wine
from
bananas/grapes
 Groundnut/simsim
paste
 Extracting cooking
oil from oil crops
 Making juice from
fruits
 Culturing maggots
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 as feeds for
livestock
8: Market The trainee:  Importance of 08 Hours
Research  Establishes the market research,
value of market  Sources of data,
research  methods of data
 I identify the collection
sources of data  Data collection
 Identifies the tools
tools used in  Simple data
data collection graphical and
 Stores and descriptive
manages data analysis
 Data storage and
management
9: Agricultural The trainee:  Meaning of 08 Hours
Tourism  Sets up agricultural
tourists tourism
attracting  Importance of
activities, agricultural
products, tourism to the
facilities and farmer,
environment in community and
the farm the economy of
 Promotes Uganda
agricultural  Setting up a farm
tourism with tourism
attraction
standards
 Leisure activities in
a farm setting
 Facilities for
tourists in a farm
 Agricultural
activities, products
and environment
that attracts local
and international
tourist
 Advertising
agricultural
tourism
TOTAL DURATION OF THE MODULE 56 HOURS

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ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES OF THE MODULES
Assessment Criteria
(a) All other modules except Real Life Projects and Industrial training shall be assessed out of 100
marks as follows:
 Continuous assessments 40%
 Final examinations 60%
(b) Continuous assessments
These shall be either individual trainee based or group assignments. They will consist of:
i. Classroom exercises and presentations
ii. Assignments
iii. Tests
iv. Practical work
v. Field study visits and assessments.
(c) There shall be final examinations for each module administered by UBTEB.
(d) A candidate shall be considered to have acquired a competence on performing tasks required in
the labour market. One must have attended at least 75% of the module unit and undergone both
continuous assessments and final examinations.
(e) Continuous assessments shall be handled by the training institutions and only verified by
UBTEB.
(f) End of module Assessment/ Final summative assessment
There will be a final assessment at the end of each module/ competence area.
The final assessment for each modules/ competence area will have the following format:
 One Theory Paper of 2 hours 30minutes and marked out of 100 marks
 One Practical Paper of 6 hours and marked out of 100 marks. It should cover the learning
areas of the module/competence area

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  TCCA 101: Computer Applications. The paper shall consist of three practical questions. A
candidate will be required to answer any two. The duration of this examination shall be two
hours.
Note: The practical will be assessed on site by the practical assessor deployed by UBTEB using a
standard format
Composition of the Examination Papers
 Theory Papers
Each of the papers shall consist of Eight questions. The candidate will be required to answer
any five questions.
 Practical Papers
This paper shall consist of two compulsory practical questions with each carrying 50 marks. The
paper shall be administered in the farm setting and UBTEB shall send an on-site assessor to mark
process and product on the ground with a criterion assessment guide.
The duration of this practical examination shall be six hours

Real Life Project Work Execution and Assessment

This involves a combination of subjects’ knowledge, process skills and transferable abilities. Trainees
have to apply classroom knowledge and skills proactively in a real-life context for an extended period
of time. Each trainee will be required to run a project outside the classroom time. At the end of every
module, a trainee should have a visible real-life project on the ground to be authenticated by UBTEB.
Project work shall be assessed continuously by the instructors and marked out of 100% just like other
modules. This shall be based on both the process involved and the final product. A team of assessors
from UBTEB will be moving around to assess the implementation, authenticity, and progression of the
projects. As extension workers to be, trainees should always be prepared to make presentations on
how one/a group began to where it is.

The following guidelines shall be considered for project assessment:

Innovation and creativity (originality of the idea) 10 marks
Agribusiness plan (activities, estimates, objectives, name & location) 10 marks
Customer care or care of tools/equipment/implement 05 marks
Pest/parasite and disease control/preservation of product 10 marks
Record keeping (input, output, labour, profit) 10 marks
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 Health and safety observation (use of safety gears) 10 marks
Actual performance (processes in production of the product) 30 marks
Value addition, processing, packaging and Marketing of product 10 marks
Final product (quality of product or service offered) 05 marks
TOTAL 100 marks

Industrial Training/ Internship

Every trainee must get a placement for Industrial training/Internship to be done at the end of the
module. A placement in this case is any place where hands-on training and practice shall be applied to
produce items/products or provide services. This may include manufacturing enterprises, companies,
corporate organisations, agribusiness shops, institutional farms, Agricultural Farms; produce stores,
slaughterhouses, butchers, demonstration gardens, nursery beds, feed milling industries, door to door
extension services to farmer/clients, forestry departments, floriculture farms, etc.
Assessment of Industrial Training
i. An industrial supervisor shall award 50% of the marks. This is because she/he is in contact with
the trainee much of the time and gives the necessary practical guidance, support, corrections, and
observation.
ii. An academic supervisor shall visit the industry on appointment and award 30% of the marks.
She/he shall interact with the trainee in the presence of the industrial supervisor where
applicable.
iii. An Internship report shall be written by the trainee and submitted to UBTEB. This will be marked
out of 20% and the scores added to the marks awarded by the industrial and academic
supervisors to make 100%. The following assessment guide may be applied by the supervisors.
Detailed samples of assessment forms for the academic and the work supervisors are provided in
the appendices.
Note:
a) The real-life projects were identified projects from all the content outlined in the modules. A trainee
may choose any real life project based on the available resources and interest. Example: A trainee
chooses to buy and rear a goat at the institute. The management of this goat i.e., feeding, treating,
housing, breeding, sale etc may take much longer time than planting tomatoes

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b) Real life projects may be executed within the institution or outside the institution but accessible for
regular/daily/weekly management/participation and supervision.
c) Real life projects may be executed individually or in a group. It is advisable that in case its group,
the group members should be 2-5.
Note: For trainees who intend to be awarded a classified National Certificate in Agricultural
Production, will be required to complete all the modules indicated above in addition to
undertaking modules in Functional Mathematics (VCAP 105), Life skills (TCCS 101), and Basic
Kiswahili (TCCS 201) as spelt out in the teaching curriculum.
References
National Curriculum Development Centre-NCDC (2020) National Certificate in Agricultural Production

(NCAP) Curriculum for Technical, Vocational and Farm Institutions. ISBN:

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