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Model Farm & Produce

Our Model Farm provides practical agricultural education, supports community livelihoods, promotes sustainable farming technologies and produces high quality livestock and crop products for the college and surrounding communities.

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About Our Model Farm

Adraa Agriculture College Farm

The Adraa Agriculture College Model Farm serves as both a commercial production unit and a practical learning centre. The farm integrates livestock and crop enterprises to equip students with hands-on agricultural knowledge while supporting community outreach through demonstrations and farmer training.

Livestock production includes cattle, pigs, goats, sheep and poultry, while crop production comprises demonstration plots, field crops, vegetable production and tree & fruit nurseries. The farm also supplies produce to the college kitchen while generating income through the sale of livestock products, fresh produce and seedlings.

Objectives

Overall Objective

To operate the farm as a business entity while providing a practical learning environment for students.

Earn Income
Conduct Research
Continuous Production
Train Students
Community Training
Planning & Accountability
Crop Management
Marketing Produce

Livestock Enterprises

The livestock section provides practical training while supporting commercial production through dairy, piggery and poultry enterprises.

Piggery

Piggery

The piggery enterprise focuses on sustainable pig production, breeding and practical training for students while supplying quality pork and breeding stock.

Activities Implemented
  • Provision of clean feeds
  • Provision of clean water
  • Daily management
  • Disease prevention
  • Breeding management
  • Marketing of pigs and pork
  • Daily sales recording
Success Story

The piggery enterprise strengthened breeding activities through successful servicing of gilts and improved stocking of breeding animals.

Dairy Enterprise

Dairy

The dairy enterprise provides practical training in dairy management while supplying fresh milk to support the college and demonstrating sustainable livestock production systems.

Activities Implemented
  • Daily milking.
  • Provision of clean feeds and water.
  • Administration and treatment of sick animals.
  • Disease prevention and routine health management.
  • Calf management.
  • Pasture establishment.
  • Grazing management through paddock system.
  • Training students during farm practice.
Success Story

The dairy unit improved practical livestock management through establishment of paddocks and maintained continuous milk production throughout the year.

Poultry Enterprise

Poultry

The poultry enterprise trains students in modern poultry production while producing quality birds and poultry products for commercial sale and institutional use.

Activities Implemented
  • Provision of quality feeds and clean water.
  • Vaccination programmes.
  • Disease prevention.
  • Stocking of new batches of birds.
  • Routine health management.
  • Daily monitoring of birds.
  • Marketing and sale of poultry products.
  • Student practical demonstrations.
Success Story

Improved poultry management practices supported better bird production while practical learning opportunities continued to benefit students.

Crop Production

The crop section promotes sustainable crop production, demonstration of modern farming technologies and practical training for students, farmers and interns through field learning.

Demonstration Plot

Demonstration Plot

The demonstration plot showcases improved crop production technologies and serves as an outdoor classroom where students, interns and farmers acquire practical agricultural skills.

Activities Implemented
  • Slashing of pathways.
  • Planting maize, millet, rice and cowpeas.
  • Carrying out agronomic practices.
  • Marketing farm produce.
  • Training interns during field attachment.
  • Training students through practical sessions.
Success Story

The demonstration plots continued to provide practical learning opportunities while showcasing sustainable agricultural practices to students and farmers.

Tree Nursery

Tree & Fruit Nursery

The Tree and Fruit Nursery raises quality seedlings for sale, environmental conservation and practical learning in nursery management and fruit propagation.

Activities Implemented
  • Raising fruit seedlings.
  • Production of timber seedlings.
  • Sales and marketing of seedlings.
  • Routine nursery management.
  • Maintenance of nursery facilities.
  • Training students, interns and farmers.
  • Proper accountability of nursery operations.
Success Story

The nursery successfully grafted local mangoes and strengthened its operations through expanded nursery activities and improved irrigation support.

Field Crop Section

Field Crop

The Field Crop section focuses on the production of staple food crops while serving as a practical learning environment where students apply sustainable crop production techniques from land preparation through harvesting and marketing.

Activities Implemented
  • Planting cassava.
  • Planting maize.
  • Planting soybeans.
  • Planting sweet potatoes.
  • Routine field management practices.
  • Training students and farmers.
  • Proper post-harvest handling.
  • Marketing and selling harvested produce.
Success Story

Timely crop establishment and proper field management continued to strengthen practical learning while supporting sustainable crop production throughout the year.

Vegetable Section

Vegetable Section

The Vegetable Section produces fresh vegetables for the college kitchen and commercial markets while offering practical training in vegetable production, nursery establishment and irrigation management.

Activities Implemented
  • Planting tomatoes.
  • Planting eggplants.
  • Planting onions.
  • Nursery bed establishment.
  • Solar-powered irrigation installation.
  • Harvesting vegetables.
  • Supplying vegetables to the college kitchen.
  • Training students and farmers.
  • Marketing fresh vegetables.
Success Story

The vegetable enterprise benefited from the completion of the irrigation system, enhancing year-round production and providing consistent practical learning opportunities.

Farm Produce

Fresh, nutritious and sustainably produced agricultural products from the Adraa Agriculture College Model Farm.

Fresh Milk
Fresh Milk
Pork
Pork
Poultry
Poultry
Eggs
Eggs
Vegetables
Vegetables
Cassava
Cassava
Maize
Maize
Tree Seedlings
Seedlings

Experience Agriculture Beyond the Classroom

Develop practical agricultural skills through real-world farm experience, sustainable production systems and community-based learning at Adraa Agriculture College.

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