Agricultural shows are promotional events where farmers can showcase their livestock and crops to the public.
Although farmers can also pick up farming techniques at such gathering, the actual process of mentoring and the provision of technical assistance is the official duties of extension officers within the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, an agronomist told the Economist this week.

The ministry drives such initiative through its extension and engineering services department headed by Sophie Kasheeta.
The department serves “to promote the adoption of improved agricultural technologies and practices in order to increase agricultural production, empower farmers and facilitate sustainable improvement in living conditions of rural communities”, said the ministry.
Its main objectives are to “provide agricultural extension in the form of communication, advisory and training services, contribute to the implementation of an effective drought preparedness planning and responsive drought management system, establish a mechanism to regulate and manage irrigation on a national basis, and improve the legal environment in order to improve farming production.”