THE TREE
: A 5 Publ ication
Volume 1 Tssua'Mo. 62 Feb 2015
_ TIST r Uganda February News letter 2015
“Tha Trea” Nompapina i
Pwarnakury cearikuhandibwa aba
TIST Uganda, elagl rya the Intema-
tional Small Group and Tree
planting program.
OKUKORA KWAITU
TIST n'eigomie ekyehaireyo
hwimuisya cmutinda: gwabahingi
abahanai kifkubangyaranmy
amaani gokurwanisa
okuewekyerezibwa Jetta,
okweiuna cower nekvenda iter
Kyabdarijo.
EBIGYENDERERWA BYAITU
Omukenyanyisa enlnguka
yentyura nolurndans onsoya
Orumng! orumkErigs omumiti
TIST nehwers abahingt
aharikurengs 25,000/,
etryokwedinda Sirimu,endisa
enungi yahomamaka nokucenders
yenku namzkars.
PREFACE
Banyinya Small Crdup
HOW CAN WE FIGHT FOREST
WEED YOUR TREES! HERE'S WHY
-EBIRYOMUNDA
x TIST: ERIGOMBE KYA
: TIST KIBAIRE OMUJUNI-
WANGYE:
OKURWANISA OMURIRG
KWOSY A EMITE;
VOMBERERE EMIT YAAWE:
|SGs whose payment is less than UGX 50,000= will he
TST RORY ESIIRAISAND
AKATABO KOKWAKARBIRI 2015.
EDITORS MESSAGE.
TIST FARMERS
Beet) fh ERS CL
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You all have been trained on the importance of opening.
small group Bank accounts with three signatories.
As there is no more cash payment, do it to avoid
meOnvVeniencics.
paid by Mobile Money.
Hakim and Sarah are training you on the system to
follow.
Ara
OBUTUMWA BWA EDITA.
ABAHINGI BEMITI ABA TIST.
Mweenamukegyesibwaahabukurubwokwigura Account
yekibii inacinu Bank eteirw choemikonayabantubashatu
Obuhatakirihokushashurwasentezoburiho,
katackyokwezibiraokuremesibwakutungasente,
Abarikitungasenteziriahansiyas0,000=
- Ls
nimuba nimushashurwaaha stimu.
Hakim na Sazah.
baniyonibabegyesaentwazaeimurakuratire.
Ara
FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER
Biraali Yasin: Kanyinya Small
Group
TIST — The International Small
Group and Tree Planting program
his been my salvation Through the
vigurons sensitization and training
5 of TIST, Ihave planted 2
variety of fee species on my land,
which include mdigenous trees and
shrubs, Many are medicinal like
Prunus Africana (Red stink wood),
Sapium ellipticum (Musasa),
Fanthowylum gilletis (East African
Satinwood), Canarinm
Schweinfurfhii, Nuxia Congesta,
and Daryalis Caffra (Kei apple). My
fruit trees include Mangifera indica
(Mango), Pessed Americana
(Avocado pear), Pardium guanjara
(Guava), Punica granatum
(Fomegranate). Artocarpus
heterphy lus (Jack fruit),
Thave reaped muchharvest from ey
fruit and medicinal “trees,
Individuals, market vendors and
schools buy the fruits, while my
Family enjoys these fruits as well.
Herbalists and researches on herbal
medicine ofienopme tome for herbal
medicines, My family alsa pses
saleof my fits and herbs contribute
mach bo my income and helps me
pay fees for my children in schol,
As Tree farmer and member of the
Leadership Council (LC) 1
confidentially sensitize prospects
new farmer groups bo plant mainly
fruit trees where one can reap from
the sale of the fruits, eating the fruits
and carbon selling. This is mainly
suitable for those small landholders
like me Secondly, fruit trees are
nurmatly nok cut down for any other
purpose other than picking fruits.
They can fit very well in TIST and
the GHG contract to not cut down
trees for 30 years. As opposed to
other kinds of trees, fruit trees have
added tomy family's food security
in addition to the financial benefits
I have gained from TIST, 1 have
learned modern Agricultural
practices now kro how to make
geen compost manure ans kichen
compost manure. Many of my recs
on terraces with adequate spacing,
which keeps my hilltops: free from
soil erosion. 1 now know the
connectivity of imate change and
conservation of nature: have also
enjoyed exchange visits of the TIST
Leadership Councll members with
the districts of Kabale, Kanangu
ane] Pushenyi
Joyce Murungi: Al-amarite Group
Through the TIST Program, 1 have
improved and increased food
production in my family gwough
conservation farming. 1 grow
vegetables like dodo (greens),
cabbages, catrols, green peppeT,
cuciamber and watermelon, which 1
sell in our local markets The income
1 receive from selling vegetables
helps to pay school fees for my
children dnd meet the family needs.
The TIST program has promoted my
+ way of life by the trainings on how
to make and use the energy saving
cook stove which T use at home,
saves fire wood, reduces smoke in
my: kitchen and its associated
diseases. Energy saving cook stove
also keeps my kitchen smart.
TIST bias taught me the fmportam:
af froat and indigenous trees; Thave
planted stink wood on my farm and
planted fruit trees like paw paws,
avocados, jack{ruit, guavas and
mangoes that are nuiritious and
healthy tomy body, | have managed
torsell some for additional income,
TIST encouraged me to make
nursery beds with the ree seedlings,
which [have planted on my frm. 1
get paid a tree incentive for thethand
sell some ta the community. for
TRY
TIST has equipped me with
knowledge on how to leok afiermy
trees with accurate trée spacing
while planting, bush clearing,
thinming and pruning and keeping
themative ind heaithy for 30 years
Lung live TIST Tam proud of you
HOW CAN WEFIGHT FOREST
FIRES?
ALITTLE PREVENTION GOES
ALONG WAY!
Enoch Tumwebare, Training
Coordinator
Fire is natural, and under the right
conditions, may improve sof and
tree boalth. However, fire can also
be bad fur forests and dangerous
lo pedple tfnot managed
appropriately. As TIST members,
we should understand what
cages fees and what we gan do to
mummize the nsk of large,
dangerous, tree-killing fires,
Then ore bv bashe types of forest
fires Thee first is ground fire that is
usually slow moving and have
relatively low temperature, A
ground fire can help remove dead
brush, grisses, and other low:
lying debris. Because the
temperature is Tow, it leaves onky
srnall burns on the base of the tree,
and the bark protects the tree and
generally will not kill the tree.
When a ground fire gets too hot or
fast moving itcan become a crown
fire and spreads through tree
canopies. Crown fire canbe
deadly for trees because it kills all
of the leaves and often kills the
living tissue in twigs and
branches, Death of teaves and
tizsie in branches makes 1b
extremely difficult for the tree to
recover after the foe |
A few easy steps can help ensure
that if a fire burns through your
forest, it does little damage to trees:
& Plant frees atthe
recommended spacing of
{or more!). This is one of
ro
important things you can
de to prevent deadly fires.
This spacing gives the fire
Tews fuel since there will be
fewer branches on the
groneeed and fewer dead
Eres in the forest. Inca fire;
these dead Branches and
tres ack as ladders for fire
for reach thee tree canopy.
Cub iow branches,
especially dead branches,
from: thie trees and remove
load trees entirely, Again,
dead branches and trees
provide access to The tree
canopy [or the fire and
make the fire bam bother.
ofiabon sure yoo remove
these prundd branches as
well axother limbs or trees
that have fallen naturally
from the forest. Debrison
she fares) floor can quickly
perme a Devas intensity fire
Hitt a strotiper, darasing
desteipying tissne mn the
storm and in fine Toots near
thie coal siarface. Gather
dead woad, amd bereft :
fron Both the poclsced risk
of fire and useful fel
wen!
Create fircheeaks by
leaving space between
rows of {ees bi limit five
spread, oe should not
harvest forEal Fou have
alread e planted tir create
space benween rows of
frees, but when vou plant
ame forest, you may
Want to sacrifice planting
a few trees bo help
Aecrense the riskoof five,
There i fo “standard”
furehreaks, dd they ane
not always necessary. The
purpose ofa f firebreak 15 by
create an area with little or
rio fed theough which the
Hire cane] bur, When it
reaches this bare ground,
the fire will Stop and not
burnadjacemt areas.
When faking firebreaks,
brsild with the contours of
the Eadseape, Leavea
hare strip across a hill, not
up and dow. Fires
_—— ==
generally bom uphill, and
am steep slopes easily gO
from slow, low intensity
ground fire (0 fast-moving,
high-intensity crown fre.
Heat from flames lweron
the slope rises, and
preheats fuel further
upslope. These fuels then
ignite more easily when
hie Fire reaches them,
Because of this itis
especially impartant todo
alle can mm decrease fire
risk on hills,
Every site hasa different fire risk,
and different techniques canbe
useful in different sites. Talk with
your neighbors be [earn what they
are doing to prevent damaging
fires:
WEED YOUR TREES! HERE'S
WHY
Druring the recent Validation and
Verification visit, the audit tearm
rioted something TIST farmers
have koown for years: Hees groves
thst are well tended and weeded
have much better tree growth than
groves that were poorly tended
and choked with weeds. Trees in
a well-tonded grove went olen
puvice as Big as trees of the same
age!
Weeding ls important for (hese
rEAsOTS:
1. Yourseedlings need
eater, soil nutrients, and
light fogrow strong, The
weeds will use the soil
nutrienis and water that!
your seedlings need. Thiy
cir gro fast, anc lint
tha Tight oy yon boeess
They become stant ar
grow thin, and cause
weak trunks as they bry io
peach the light. The result
is that your seedlings will
be wenlker and may not
sarvive.
2. Tfyourarea isnot weeded,
pone pests may be
abtracted to the area. Fests
RTL
damage and ll your
seedings, The fewer
weeds there are, the less
chance there will be of
3. Weeds, when they dic and
diy can make fires thal
spread bp your grove more
dapmaging and dangerous
because they provide fael
fiir the fire [0 burn.
Here are some of the advantages of
wistding Pour Froves:
- Trees grow faster because
weeds don't take the
sutrients and wakes from
_ Treeswill become stronger
and grow aller ina
shorter period of time.
2 Teeescan get tne sunlight
they need unhindered.
- Tressarenotexposed io
&% fmany’ dimsases,
- Treesare more protected
from a fire spreading,
- Cleangroves indicate thal
Sonal] Groups an:
maintaining ther and are
gond examples of (he TISE
(This wall attract
mary pepe lo come and
a
— Cleangrovesenable
fuantifiers to court the
trees quickly and
accurately,
We cnicoursge you fo weed yin
groves: The hard work will maked
difference your trees will be
healthier and stronger
Bushenyi-