We are grateful for the enthusiasm you showed while
selecting groups you were planning to work with last week.
We called for a general meeting but unfortunately
the turn up was not really good. Therefore we would like to take this opportunity
to inform you what we wanted you to know in that meeting.
The Biotech and Research Club came up with an idea
of a total of four projects;
- Aquaponics
- Bag Gardening
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Ecology
of Kyambogo Universitiy, Uganda
These projects were selected out of the many because
are in line with the Objectives and Vision of the club.
Briefly this is what these projects are;
Aquaponics:
This is a combination of two agriculture methods to
create an altogether superior and environmentally friendly way of growing your
own organic food. Aquaponics is a method which uses the combination of aquaculture- the growing of fishes, and
hydroponics- the method of growing
plants without using soil. The combination of the two yields an organic
gardening system that provides fresh plants, vegetables and fish for food.
Research has shown that aquaponically grown plants
mature two times faster than those grown on soil.
Bag
Gardening:
This an activity of growing plants in a sack. The bags
are filled with soil, manure and stones in a systematic order.
Seedlings of vegetables like Irish potatoes, onions,
carrots are planted in each of the sacks both on top and around the sack.
After planting the seedlings, they are watered to harvesting
time.
Mushroom
cultivation:
Here we will be trying to imitate the natural
conditions under which mushrooms grow such that we can grow them artificially. This
project contains a lot of microbiology which will help us to apply what we have
learnt for example culturing of mushroom spawn, sterilization and so on.
Ecology
of Kyambogo:
Research has shown that there is no record on any
aspect of the Ecology of Kyambogo. Therefore we as the Biotech and Research
Club have decided to take this opportunity of pioneering the initiative of
studying and recording information about the ecology of our campus.
We grouped
the above projects into two as follows;
Group
one we have;
1. Aquaponics
2. Bag
Gardening
Group
two we have;
1. Mushroom
Cultivation
2. Ecology
of Kyambogo
We will have leaders for each of these groups.
These are the qualities and qualifications required;
1. Must
be a student of BST/B or ODST/B
2. Non-executive
member of Biotech and Research Club
3. Willing
to lead others
4. Dedicated
to serve others
To each of
these groups we have attached a group of lecturers that will work with the
groups as technical advisors.
Their names will be realised after they have
accepted take on the responsibility
