The citrus orchard is sited on a gently sloping land. A cowshed is built on the upper part of the slopy land. When it rains the runoff removes the manure from the shed and the trenches to the orchard. This enables the citrus to fruit throught the year. A combination of water harvesting and soil fertility improvement, a process technically known as fertigation.
Purpose of the Technology: Water harvesting and soil fertility improvement for increased production and income.
Establishment / maintenance activities and inputs: After establishing the orchard several trenches are made leading to each citrus tree. The trenches are almost graded which enables the flow of runoff and manure by gravity. Additional manure is heaped at several points along the trenches. The trenches are regularly maintained.
Natural / human environment: The technology involves and is on a perrenial cropland. It is both structural and agronomical in nature, located in a semi-arid zone. Soil is sandy loam and on a very gentle slope.
Lugar: Soroti, Soroti, Uganda
No. de sitios de Tecnología analizados:
Difusión de la Tecnología: distribuida parejamente sobre un área (approx. 1-10 km2)
¿En un área de protección permanente?:
Fecha de la implementación: hace más de 50 años atrás (tradicional)
Tipo de introducción
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (Uganda shillings) | Costos totales por insumo (Uganda shillings) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
Labour | ha | 1,0 | 104,0 | 104,0 | 100,0 |
Equipo | |||||
Tools | ha | 1,0 | 84,0 | 84,0 | 100,0 |
Material para plantas | |||||
Seedlings | ha | 1,0 | 600,0 | 600,0 | 100,0 |
Improved breeds | ha | 1,0 | 1500,0 | 1500,0 | 100,0 |
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología | 2'288.0 | ||||
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología en USD | 1.53 |
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (Uganda shillings) | Costos totales por insumo (Uganda shillings) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
Labour | ha | 1,0 | 24,0 | 24,0 | 100,0 |
Fertilizantes y biocidas | |||||
Fertilizer | ha | 1,0 | 23,0 | 23,0 | 100,0 |
Otros | |||||
Feeds | ha | 1,0 | 13,0 | 13,0 | 100,0 |
Indique los costos totales para mantenecer la Tecnología | 60.0 | ||||
Costos totales para mantener la Tecnología en USD | 0.04 |