Technologies for intensification in SW Uganda ... - Foodnet - cgiar

All 6 farming systems were identified by the IFPRI study (Bolwig et al, 2001) as suitable for
intensification of all agricultural enterprises: annual and perennial cash and subsistence crops as
well as livestock production. Only for the western part of the southwestern medium-high farmland
(31) did Bolwig et al (2001) propose intensifying mainly subsistence crops. Development of the
lower lying areas, which are not covered in this report and by the above-mentioned 6 farming
systems, will be mainly through expansion of agricultural enterprises (Bolwig et al, 2001). In
chapter 4, this report proposes fine-tuned development domains within the ‘intensification area’ of
southwestern Uganda by recommending the most suitable farming systems (or at times altitudes)
for various technologies.
Figure 2.2: Land-use maps for Kasese and Bushenyi Districts
Banana production dominates the use of the cropped land (see tables 2.2 and 2.3), followed by
bean, maize, sweet potato, finger millet and sorghum as the main food crops. Tea, coffee (both
robusta and arabica) as well as cotton and Irish potato are the dominant cash crops.
More than half a million cattle and goats are kept in SW Uganda. Other livestock enterprises
include sheep, pigs, fishponds, rabbits, silkworm and bee keeping (see table 2.4).