Farming in Uganda +
It involves the growing of crops and rearing of animals +
Cash crops in Uganda +
Traditional cash crops +
Non traditional cash crops +
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What are traditional cash crops? +
These are crops which were introduced to be grown for sale e.g. cotton, tea, tobacco. +
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Coffee +
Types of coffee +
Arabica coffee +
Robusta coffee +
Robusta coffee +
It is grown in low land e.g. Buganda +
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Arabica coffee +
It is grown in highlands /Mountains especially e.g. Mt. Elgon, Mt. Mufumbiro +
Why is Arabica coffee grown on the slopes of Mt Elgon? +
Has fertile volcanic soils which favours the growing of Arabica coffee. +
Clonal coffee +
It is improved Robusta +
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Advantages of clonal coffee +
It matures faster +
It gives higher yields +
It is resistant to some diseases +
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How is coffee harvested? +
By hand picking the ripe berries. +
Tea +
It requires well drained fertile soils and high rainfall +
It is grown in Mukono, Mubende, Kabarole Bushenyi districts +
Cotton +
It was introduced in 1903 by Sir Kenneth Borup +
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It needs plenty of rainfall during planting and dry period towards harvesting +
Areas where cotton is Kamuli, Gulu, Lira Soroti, Kumi,Pallisa,etc +
It is mainly grown in Northern and Eastern parts of Uganda. +
Terms used during cotton processing +
Spinningis the making of threads from cotton. +
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Lint is the cotton wool +
Weavingis the making of clothes +
Ginningis the separating of seeds from cotton +
Ginneryis a place where cotton is separated from the seeds. +
Importance of cotton +
*.Source of income
*.Provide cooking oil( cotton seeds.)
*.Makes threads and clothes
*.Cotton seeds are used to animal feeds,
Problems faced by cotton farmer in Uganda +
*.Poor transport system
*.Insecurity in cotton growing areas
*.Cotton pests and diseases
*.Fluctuation of prices
*.Competition from other cotton producing countries.
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Solutions to the above problems +
*.Improve on transport system
*.Improve on security
*.Provide cotton pesticides
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Importance of cotton ginnery in an area +
*.It increases chances of employment
*.Provide seeds to farmers
*.It provides market to farmers cotton
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Tobacco +
It is grown in West Nile especially Pakwach +
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Methods of processing coffee +
Flu – curing +
Air – wring +
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Products of tobacco +
Cigarette/ Ciggars +
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Sugarcane +
It requires plenty of rainfall +
It is mainly grown in Mukono, Jinja, Kinyara in Masindi. +
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Give any two products of sugarcane. +
Subsistence farming +
It is the growing of crops and rearing of animals for home use and surplus for sale. +
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Advantages of subsistence +
*.It is cheap to manage
*.It requires a small piece of land.
*.it requires little labour.
Disadvantages +
Low food production. +
Low production of raw material. +
NON TRADITIONAL CASH CROPS +
These were crops formally grown as food crops but are also grown for sale e.g. rice, peas, beans, sorghum, banana, potatoes, cassava. +
Problems faced by farmers in Uganda +
*.Poor transport.
*.Crop pests and diseases.
*.Price fluctuation.
*.Long drought season.
*.Shortage of farm inputs
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Solutions to the problems +
*.Improve on transport system.
*.Provide enough pesticides.
*.To stabilize the price.
*.Practice irrigation.
*.Give loans to farmers.
*.Provide enough farm inputs.
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What is Irrigation? +
It is the artificial supplying of crops with water in the garden. +
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Examples of irrigation schemes in Uganda +
*.Mubuku in Kasese for cotton, maize, bananas and g.nuts.
*.Tilda – (Kibimbu) for rice.
*.Doho in Tororo for rice.
*.Kiige in Bugiri for citrus fruits.
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Advantages of Irrigation +
*.Farming is carried out throughout the year.
*.A farmer gets high yields.
*.Crops can be grown throughout the year.
Disadvantages of Irrigation +
It is expensive to manage. +
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Types of Irrigation +
*.Over head irrigation.
*.Gravity flow irrigation.
*.sprinkler.
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Mixed Farming +
This is the growing of crops and rearing of animals on the same piece of land. +
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Advantages of mixed farming +
*.Provide more income to the farmer.
*.Animal waste provides manure to plants.
*.Provides food to the farmers.
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Why is mixed farming not commonly practice in Uganda +
*.It is expensive to maintain.
*.Shortage of land.
*.Lack of skilled labour.
DAIRY FARMING +
This is the keeping of cattle for milk production. +
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Mention methods of keeping cattle being practiced in Uganda today +
i) Paddocking +
ii) Zero grazing +
iii) Tethering +
iv) Free range +
v) Rotation +
Name two products got from dairy farming +
i) Yoghurt +
ii) Cheese +
iii) Butter +
iv) Ghee +
v) Ice-cream +
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Way farmers can improve on breeds of cattle +
By cross breeding. +
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RANCHING +
This is the rearing of cattle for beef (meat). +
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Examples of ranches include: +
*.Nyabushozi in Mbarara.
*.Kigozi in Mpigi.
*.Buruli in Nakasongola.
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Plantation Farming +
This is the growing of one perennial crop on a large scale +
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Crops grown on plantation include: +
i) Tobacco +
ii) Coffee +
iii) Cotton +
iv) Sugarcane +
v) Tea +
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Advantages of plantation farming +
i) Provide income to the farmers. +
ii) Provide raw materials to industries (agro based industries). +ii) Provide raw materials to industries (agro based industries). +
iii) It crease change of employment. +
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Disadvantag es of plantation farming +
It is expensive. +
Shortage of land.
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