A VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT ON CABBAGE PRODUCTION

BY ACHIEVERS GROUP

A video documentary script submitted by achievers group for partial fulfilment of

AEE211[AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY] in the department of agricultural education
and extension

October,2021

MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY

DECLARATION

We hereby declare that the document script entitled cabbage production submitted to the
department of agricultural education and extension is our original work.

NAME REGNO. ROLE SIGNATURE

1.MULINGE ALEX MWENGA A60-6657-2020 Director

2.ISAAC KIBIWOTT NGOSOSEI A60-5943-2020 Editor

3.BRIAN SEME A60-4716-2020 Assistant camera

4.TERESIAH MUTHEU KYALO A60-4707-2020 Narrator

5.VINCENT WAUDI A60-6167-2020 Narrator

6.TABITHA KEMUNTO MONG'ARE A60-4724-2020 Assistant director

7.HENRY MASENGE A60-5304-2020 camera man

 DEDICATION

We dedicate this project to our creator and as well as the school of agriculture for being very faithful
to us and also being the source of inspiration and knowledge to do this project.

We also dedicate this project to;

1. Farm manager ATC farm for his generosity in guiding us through writing this script and also creating
time to work with us .

2.Our dear beloved parents ,friends, relatives and even our dean Dr. KONYANGO for his tireless help
in organizing the visit to ATC farm.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We sincerely express our special thanks to our supervisor Dr. NANCY CHEGE , Dr. Jacob KONYANGO,
the dean of the school of agricultural sciences and natural resource management ,director ATC farm
and group members for their active participation in enhancing the success of the project.

TABLE OF CONTENT

CONTENTS

COVER PAGE………………………………………………………………………………………1

DECLARATION……………………………………………………………………………………..1

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………………………2

INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………3

BACKGROUND INFORMATION………………………………………………………………3

STORYLINE……………………………………………………………………………………………5

SCRIPT FORMAT……………………………………………………………………………………6-7

QUOTE OF THE GROUP…………………………………………………………………………..8

BACK PAGE……………………………………………………………………………………………9

OBJECTIVES

1. The viewer should be able to practice cabbage production upon viewing our video.
2. To provide basic information on production ,post-harvest handling and marketing of cabbages.

INTRODUCTION

Background INFORMATION

cabbage is a member of the brassica family which includes crops such as kales cauliflower ,broccoli
and radish . Their are three main types of cabbage ;green , red and savoy. it is one of the most widely
grown , popular and nutritious vegetables in Kenya mainly for the domestic market.

Grown by both small and medium scale farmers . They contain calcium ,iron, vitamin A,C and E
minerals , Riboflavin ,and Ascorbic Acid. Cabbage has cleansing effect of stomach and intestinal tract if
consumed raw without salt due to high sulfur and chlorine content.

COMMON VARIETIES.

The most common varieties of cabbages include ;

. Savoy perfection

. Brunswick

. Gloria F1

. Red acre

.Golden acre

ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CABBAGE.

Altitude 700-2200 M Above sea level

Rainfall At least 500mm

Growing temperature 16-20 degrees celcius

Soils . well drained sandy or silty loam soil

. high organic matter content
. PH range 6.0 – 6.5
 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PREPARING A NURSERY BED

1.Security

2.Availability of water

3.Topography of the area

4.Soil fertility

NURSERY PREPARATIONS

1. Use certified seeds with special attribute such as tolerance /resistant pest and diseases and high
yielding.

2.The seed rate is about 100-120g/acre

NURSERY SITE SELECTION

.Avoid setting up the nursery in fields previously having a cabbage crop.

NURSERY BED ESTABLISHMENT

.Prepare a seedbed of 1m width and a convenient length.

.Make drills on the seedbed at a spacing of 10-20cm apart.

.Thinly sow the seeds in the drills and cover lightly with soil

MANANGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN CABBAGES CROPS INCLUDE

Watering- This watering helps the plant to withstand moisture stress. Ideally , watering should be done
in the morning and evening when the sun is not intense.

Mulching - act of applying organic materials at the environment around the plant

Hardening off- The process of hardening off aims at acclimatizing cabbage seedlings to the harsh
condition of the field.

Root pruning- is the nursery operation that involves cutting the roots of seedlings that overgrown in the
containers or pots in the nursery beds.

Weeding- weeds are a threat to healthy seedlings development as they compete with seedlings for
nutrients , water and light. Hence they must be controlled.
Shading – These whole point of shading in nursery aims in protecting seedlings from extreme
environmental influences until they can better withstand the condition.

Pricking out- Refers to a nursery operations where seedlings are transferred from the seedbed to the
container or seedling bed

Transplanting - after several weeks depending on the variety raised in the nursery bed , the healthy
seedlings are transplanted to seedbed .

ADVANTAGES OF RAISING SEEDLIGS IN A NURSERY BED

1.Easy to carry out management practices

2.It reduces the time period of development of the crop.

3.Excess seedlings can be sold

STORYLINE

PROCEDURE

1.Clearing of the land using slashers or mowers

2.Primary cultivation using jembe, fork jembe on large scale farming ;tractors are used.

3.Secondary cultivation is done to leveling and break soil clods.

4.Preparation of drills.

5.Application of DAP fertilizer at a correct ration proportion

6.Watering the drills to moisten the soil

7.Water the nursery bed to prevent the roots from breaking when lifting the seedlings from the soil

8.Transplanting of the seedlings from the nursery bed to the seed bed

9.Watering the seedlings after transplanting

10.Mulching is done to preserve moisture in the soil

11.Control of weeds is done after a few weeks

12.Control of pest and diseases such as, black rot ,bacteria leaf spot and bacteria soft rot are controlled
using fungicides
13.Top dressing is done depending on the cabbage variety under cultivation on correct proportion

14.Harvesting is done approximately 80-185 days when grown from seeds and 65-105 days when grown
from transplants

FORMAT

STEPS SCENE VISUAL NARRATION MUSIC SOUND STYLE STAGE TOOL TIME
EFFECT

1 Introduction The group Documentary instrumental Interview ATC 5MIN

of the group, members on cabbage FARM
course production
department carried out
and school by
ACHIEVERS
group of 2.1
year in MKSU

2 Introduction Director The name of soft music Cricket Interview 3MIN

to cabbage of the ATC the director sound
production and summary
of cabbage
production

3 Procedure

Site Clearing Identify Cracking observation ATC Slasher 2

selection the suitable site sounds farm ,mower min’s
selected of tools
site

4 Primary Ploughing Preparing the Tractor observation ATC Tractor 5

cultivation the land land sounds farm min’s
jembe

5 Secondary harrowing Breaking soil Hard music Tractor observation ATC Tractor 3
cultivation clods and farm min’s
levelling of sound harrow
soil

6 Digging of Making drills Jembe participatory ATC jembe 2

drills and and fertilizer cracking min’s
 application application sound FARM

Of fertilizer

7 Moistening watering Water Soft music Water Watering 2

of soil application fall can min’s
sound

8 transplanting Lifting of Transplanting Soft music Observation ATC Garden 3mins

the seedlings trowel
The Farm
seedlings
from the
nursery
bed

9 Watering of Watering Water Water participatory Watering 3

application fall can and min’s
The seedling on the seed sprinkler
at seedbed bed

10 mulching Applying To preserve Breaking participatory 1

dry litter moisture of dry min’s
through grass
mulching

11 Weed weeding Uprooting Soft music participatory Jembe 4

control
Min’s

12 Pest and Spaying Spraying the Knapsack 3

disease crops using
control suitable sprayer Min’s
chemical

13 Top dressing Fertilizer Foliar participatory Knapsack 2

application
of the sprayer Min’s
fertilizer to
the crop

14 harvesting Cabbage Cutting of Panga participatory panga 2

harvesting the cabbage sound
 heads Min’s

15 Conclusion Quote of the Foreground 3

of the video group, music min’s
names and
roles of
group
members

CONCLUSION

.In conclusion cabbage production is the best enterprise that farmers can practice since it requires
‘little capital to start the enterprise. Also its maintenance cost is effective.

QUOTE OF TE GROUP

We should all take part in agricultural production to ensure food sustainability and improve the living
standards of the people in Kenya.

GROUP MEMBERS

ALEX MWENGA

HENRY MASENGE BRIAN SEME

 ISAAC NGOSOSEI

I VINCENT WAUDI

TABITHA KEMUNTO

Teresiah mutheu kyalo