Fruit tree growing, with focus on mangoes and oranges, is a rewarding investment promoted by farmers in Northern Uganda with the aim of increasing fruit production for home consumption and income, and restoration of degraded land. On a farm located on a steep slope and measuring 40m x 100m (i.e. 1 acre), the land user select and plant disease tolerant, high yielding and marketable orange varieties (e.g. Valencia and Anlin) and mango varieties (Apple and Tommy) using spades, hoes, and pangas to excavate and dig up planting holes, 30 cm deep, with fruit trees planted at a spacing of 10 m ×10 m, during the rainy season; with 7 Cows, 5 goats and 4 sheep kept animal manure provision to apply on the technology using hired labour and supported by family labour. After establishment, the farmer keeps on observing the changes over time to see what is taking place with regard to vegetation growth, performance of fruit trees and how the visible soil properties are changing e.g. the colour showing a black sign of organic matter built up and soil health improvement.
Oranges and mangoes are susceptible to pests and diseases, which require money to buy pesticides and paying, as well as for hired labour for spraying. The farmer needs to be aware of these associated costs, which are rather high after establishment. Efforts by the farmer to integrate trenches within the degraded field is an additional option for the farmer to help enhance soil and water conservation by reducing water runoff. This is labour and capital intensive but beneficial in the short and long run.
Lugar: Gulu District, Northern Region,Uganda, Uganda
No. de sitios de Tecnología analizados: un solo sitio
Difusión de la Tecnología: distribuida parejamente sobre un área (approx. < 0.1 km2 (10 ha))
¿En un área de protección permanente?:
Fecha de la implementación: 2015; hace menos de 10 años (recientemente)
Tipo de introducción
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (UGX) | Costos totales por insumo (UGX) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
persons days / monthly basis | Persons | 5,0 | 150000,0 | 750000,0 | 99,0 |
Equipo | |||||
Hoe | Pieces | 5,0 | 10000,0 | 50000,0 | 100,0 |
Pangas | Pieces | 3,0 | 7000,0 | 21000,0 | 100,0 |
watering can | Pieces | 2,0 | 5000,0 | 10000,0 | 100,0 |
Material para plantas | |||||
Seedlings | kgs | 1000,0 | 2500,0 | 2500000,0 | 100,0 |
Otros | |||||
Transport for seedlings | Lorry | 2,0 | 100000,0 | 200000,0 | |
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología | 3'531'000.0 | ||||
Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología en USD | 1'038.53 |
Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (UGX) | Costos totales por insumo (UGX) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
Mano de obra | |||||
Labour for watering (monthly) | persons | 2,0 | 150000,0 | 300000,0 | 100,0 |
Labour for weeding (monthly) | persons | 2,0 | 150000,0 | 300000,0 | 100,0 |
Indique los costos totales para mantenecer la Tecnología | 600'000.0 | ||||
Costos totales para mantener la Tecnología en USD | 176.47 |
From the sale of fruits.
Good due to litter / green leaves.
Use of fruit trees are good at restoring degraded areas.
Purchase of hoes, pangas and spades.
From the sale of fruits.
Watering and weeding.
Trainings on fruit farming and management by extension agents and fellow farmers.
Due to the grass covert that minimize the evapotranspiration.
No cultivation/ allow grass to grow.
Fruit trees stabilize the soils.
Due to the mulch decomposition.
Growing under the planted fruit trees.