Farmers spend a wonderful week in the Netherlands
They had a lot of revelations and lessons in equal measure as they visited farmers.
The pictures tell the entire story. For six days, the 2016 best farmers toured the kingdom of the Netherlands.
They had a lot of revelations and lessons in equal measure as they visited farmers.
Farmers were amazed by this fish farm
They also had fun, visiting the beach on the North sea and tasting Dutch cuisine in different restaurants around the country.
The farmers were in the Netherlands, courtesy of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda, dfcu Bank, KLM Airlines and Vision Group.
Farmers visiting Bejo, a seeds processing plant
The Netherlands is the second highest exporter of agriculture produce in the world, after the United States of America.
The Netherlands, though, as small as Central Uganda ,did not achieve this feat without a lot of innovating.
Learning Dutch potato farming in the Netherlands
The visiting farmers saw a lot of innovations-including automation across all sectors. For example, chicken are automatically fed, cattle barns are automatically cleaned.
The farmers saw a lot of value addition both on the farm and in processing plants of any sizes too.
The farmers vowed to carry some of this knowledge back home.
The farmers learnt that farms here use 'protected' bees for pollinating crops
The farmers had a tour of De heus feeds testing laboratory in Nijmejin Netherlands
The farmers visited the beach in the Hague on the North Sea and 'enjoyed' life
This cow produce -35litres per day
They visited this dairy farm too
They visited a workshop that fabricates simple machinery for adding value to milk
They learnt about onion growing