ATIST UGANDA'S Publication
Volume 1 Issue No. 42 November 2012
TIST Uganda November 2012 News Letter
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irikubon yyeramn aman] gokuraanisa
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nckymnds Krarj kyaburiijo,
RIGYENDERERWA EYAITU
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roid. Nokunyusyutn arvgra arabe
Faw paws in my banana plantation: iy my
I' practice!
EIRY'OMUNDA
hurire: res kwikumi pekurmwe
gtario mpinduka, thariho niunguuia.
hinga emiti yenzeapwa nikirests
amaani omukuringa chuhangwa.
THT ebeempanguzi: Omumikorers
an a =a —l nan
| NOVEMBER 2012 NEWSLETTER ]
EDITOR'S MESSAGE.
TIST FARMERS,
From the middle of this year, some of fhe TIST Program
activities including tree payments were put on hold on temporary
Basis,
Major activity is to get as many 5Gs/proves to EDD,
SGsigroves which attain good standards with all data available
and accurate will be validated and be of; gible for carbon sale on
the world market.
TIST Quantifiers and staff are Visiling your groves to assess the
standard and collect more data, At the end of this exercise,
validators will be fnvited to do their Job: :
Make sure your GSGlarove is validated. Keep listening to Radio
talk show,
Ara,
OBUTUMWA BWA EDITA.
Abahingi bemiti omu Uganda,
Kurgirira ahagati ¥ogu mwaka.emirimo etari emwe oteiremu
nokushashura abahingi sente zaabo, ckeemerezi* hwaho ahabwg
akaanya,
Omurime omukur nokureeba ngu ebibira/amahamba maingi
gashwijumwa kugabaasisa kyza omukuhayana gakaikirizibwa
kuguza omwoya obwo gari aharurengo rvensi yoona ahabwo
ovwerya kuruzibwa, ;
Ababuzi bemiti nabandi bakozi ba TIST bari omukutaayvaayira
amahamba ganyu nokwakiira agandi makuru. Ekyo kukirahwe
abashwijumi nibaija kwetwa batandikye ogwabo. Reeba ngu
thamba‘ekibira kyawe tikyanagwa nyima vebindi. Guma
ohuriirize ebya TIST aha Radio.
Ara.
NO Change, NO Growth
The world is fast evolving. We need in
adaptio the changing environment,
changing technologies, and new ways
of doing things. [Fwe reluse these
changes, wa risk being jeft behind!
For instance, new energy saving took
siowes have come fo replace the,
traditional thea stone sioves. People
who have adopied new stoves are
saving alot of frees, and saving monay
and time spend on fus! wood. They ame
keeping sinoke away from the kitchen
by using chimneys on their stoves,
and sa are keeping the families
healthier and keeping discases away.
For farmers who hae tried it,
Canssrvabon Faming is fast replacing
thie traditicesal tilling farming practices.
With Conservaiion Farming, many
farmers are geting betier vields and
also saving money and time by using
less fertilizer and chemicais and
saving on ploughing costs.
Farmers 2iso benefit irom planting
high wate frulls, Bke grafted mangos,
ranges, avocados, and other fruit
trees, in place of other vaneties in our
gardens, Often, these grafted
varieties have higher yieids 50 wa can
get income from the Sale of init and
improve gi own nation. TIST
\nanda farmers are lemming the
benefit of planting diverse frees
instead of plantations with cne or few
species. These diverse frees are
mare ms@ient and resistant to disease
and pests and provide diverse
products for use and sale—a valuable
benefit! Today, farmers who have
adopted the technology of grafting are
getting more moray, thelr mangoes
yielding fruit af an earfy age. Similarly,
farmers find that planting Zginghe crop
on their farms is risky. Farmers are
diversifying whit they plant—gtanting
bans, cassava, sorghum, 2nd
more—so that they kanvest crops
even iTwesther or disease damages
OEE Crop:
TIST farmers have embraced these
changes and are haefping each other
foam and develop new best practices
and sharing what they leam in
meetings and in this newsletiar.Join
TEST today: share and eam! In TIST,
we afl can chanoe:our fives for the
betier,
By Sarzh Nankunda.
Indigenous trees: strength in
biodiversity
Farmers in TIST plant many species
of trees. including mult and not Inses,
trees for fodder, frees that improve soil
fertility, and species that canbe
harvested for timber, More and mare
farmers are chodsing o plant
indigenous free species for fheimany
benefits.
What is an indigenous tree?
An indigenous or nats fess one
that is wall adapted to an area
becauss it has grown and repraduced
naturally there over 2 long period
ofiime. Mot af species that are familize
to us are indigencas, Many have been
iniroduced by people from areas far
aviary, There-are hundreds Of specs
af trees that are indigences to
Uganda,
Why are indigenous trees
important?
Because indigenous ees have
enabverd with the focal environment,
animals, plants, and ghar organisms
aralind them, they are well sulted to
{hearea. Ofien, thiz means that they
can grow wel without expense
additional inputs like pestcidesor
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fertilizers. They often require lass
maintenance than sxofic. infmduced
species. They diversify our farms, so
that risks of past outbreaks can be
lower,
They provide habitat and fod for
vidlite and diverse benits for us
from their fruits, mbes, leaves, and
traditional medicine, introduced or
exolic species tan provide many
hewafits, but sams can become weedy
and crowed out offier trees of crops.
When we plan! indigenous tress on
gurfarms, weare helping protect
species that have been use ous
mathers and fathers, our ”
grandparents, to people and
wiltllife, We are si leaming shout the
benefits of the many Species around
us. When we plant indigenous
species; we can help ensure that
thefrees and Heir benefits are there
for our children.
Which tree species are indigenous?
There are hemrdreds of indigenous free
species in Uganda. Look around and
cae what species grow in theforests
near you. Ask your neighbors and
cluster members what trees they —
grow, and which frees in forests =
provide important benefits for them. if
wie work together, we can protect this i
great resource of diverseforests for E
pur children and genesations to come.
Here are some midigencus res
species that provide important
Benefits, and wa thank the Warld
Agroforestry Centre for this
infarrnation-on benefits and sead
collection and preparation for
success. Try growing some of these
staring this season and share what
works best in your ares!
Prunus africana (Red Stinkwood)
This indigenous tree is mainky found in
forest reserves. Seeds are available in
forests during the dry season. Coliect
anby dark brown, ripe fruits from the
crown of the tree or the ground.
Remove the pulp by sosking for 24
hours, then wash over a wire mesh.
Spread in a thin layer in an any,
shaded place fo dry — but for 4 hours
oly, The sead does nof store so use
fhe fresh zeed.
Wrapping moist leaves around the
seed minimizes moisture loss during
temporary transport and storage. Sow
directly into the seedbed or pois.
Germination takes 6-8 weeks.
Uses:
+ Past repellant: Can rape! some
pests e.g. aphids, nematodes (those
which attack crops) by its smell.
Flowers have sufficient nectar and
pollen for good bee forage. Produces
high quality firewood.
+ Medicine; Liquid extracts from bark
are used in the treatment of prostate
enlargement. Leaves ane used as an
inhalant for fever or are drunk as an
infusion to improve appetite. Waler is
added to pounded bark, and the red
Biquid is used as a remedy for
stomachache; bark extract may be
usd as a purgative for catile.
+ Erosion comtral: Trees can be
grown along cantaur ridges and
terraces, provides useful shade and
act as a windbreak. Soil improver:
Leaves can be used as much and
green manure.
+ Omamental: It makes an aftractive
garden shade trea.
Albizia gummifera (Peacock
Flower)
This tres is found in lowtand and
upkand rainforest and in open areas
near forests. Fresh seeds need no
pre-treatment. Stored seeds are
soaked in warm water and left to cool.
The seed coat may be nicked at the
cotyledon end to hasten germinatan.
Seed gemmination is good, 70-80%,
within 10 days. Seeds should be
collected while stil on the tree to
minimize insect damage. Seed can be
stored a year if kept dry and insect
free through addition of ash.
Uses:
gum, tannin, medicine {=xiracts from
the crushed pods are taken for
stomach pains and the bark decoction
for malaria), erosion control {the root
system hokds soil and prevents gulley
ernsion),
+ Shade, nitrogen fixing (improves the
oil), known 2s a good mulch tree as
leaf tier is abundant during the leaf
shedding season,
+ Ornamental {planted in town
avenuas for its beauty),
+ Boundary planting, the leaves
quicken the ripening process in
bananzs.
Olea africana [African Wild Olive)
This tres is found in a variety of
habitats, usually near water, on
stream banks, and also in open
woodland. [tis resistant to both frost
and drought Fresh seeds are used for
sowing. Old seeds can ba soaked in
cold water for 48 hours. Seeds are
often pre-treated by cracking with a
hand vice or by offing a stone over
seeds fo enhance germination. Seeds
can be stored at dry mom
temperature fora few years,
Uses:
= Food: the main olive products are
olive cil and edible olives. Fodder: The
plants are much browsed on by
livestock. Also used or fuel, timber,
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charcoal, toothbrushes and
OmEmenis.
* Reclamation: The high drought
tolerance suggests that it is a good
candidate for reforastation in semi-arid
zones of Africa.
* Ornamental: Ofve trees have the
capacity to beautify the landscape,
Syzygium guineanse, (Waterhemy)
This tree usually eocors in lowland
rain forest and mountain rain forests. i
commonly grows in moist conditions,
sometimes even in water, and is
usually found along streams.
Seeds nead no pra-sowing treatment,
as germination rates are good and
uniform.
Rates of 80-30% are attained after 20
to 50 days,
Direct sowing into pols is
recommended. Fruits are perishable,
hence should be picked fram the
ground soon after falling. They may
also he collected by shaking the
branches with hooks. Afier collection.
the fruis should be sowm oul
immediately as seeds will lose viability
if they ane died. IF this is not possible,
frat can be stored for 2 few days in
moistsawdust zd open containers in
well-ventilated rooms.
Uses:
» Bee forage, Timber, Fuef wood,
Shade, Medicine
Mate: the poisonous bark kas been
reported to caise human deaths, 50
advice should be sought from people
experienced in using the products for
medicine from this tree.
Malia [Melia volkensh)
This termite-resisiant free provides
good fodder at the end of the dry
season when other fodder may be
scare, and 50 can ba valuable for
TIST farmers. The trees, open-
crowned, with gray bark, may grow to
a heaght of 6 to 20 meters, Melia is
COMMON in in acacia-commiphora
bushland with rainfall of 300-800 mm.
It sometimes borders seasonal rivers
or wetlands or appears on rock
outcrops. If sheds its leaves twice a
year, amd can be a good choice fo
plant along with crops.
Mefia is often started from widlings or
raat cutlings, though root cutlings may
produce an unsisbls tres. If grown
from seed, the seed showld be
scarified using fire (fast fires or dry
grass dung) or the seed coat nicked
and then seeds soaked in water for §
hours before planting.
Uses:
+ Excellent fodder for goats and cattle;
timber; beehives,
» Leaf preparations ame vsed as flea
and fiy repellents 2nd are said o be
particularly effective on goat kids.
» Good agro forestry free.
By Enoch Tumwebaze.
Maka TI5T a success: TIST values
and Quantification
In your focal areas, TIST Quantifiers
work to collect data on TIST trea
groves needed for you to take part in
the giobal carbon market. They collect
information on the number of trees
planted, the spacing, the
circumference, the shape and location
of the grove and take pictures of the
grove. The information is used to
calculate how much tree incentive a
arotp should receive and to prove fo
people buying carbon credits that ihe
tree groves exist and that our data are
accurate and honest.
It is important that we remain honest
with our buyers. If we join TIST, sign
the Green house Gas contract but fad
to abide by the contract, we hurt al
TIST fammers. For TIST io be siong,
and so that we can continue to receive
incentive for the work we are doing to
improve the environment, wa must be
true to TIST values. In TIST, we are
honest, accurate, transparent,
murtually accountable, volunieers, and
{rue servants to each other.
Everyone involved with TIST, including
Small Group members, Trainers,
Cuantifiers, and Staff, must abide by
thes= values. For instance, if you fail
the promise of keeping the reas for
long-tesm (30 years and above), vou
break the promise made fo customers
wha buy the carbon offsets.
Customers lose faith, and the
business will not succeed, When we
don’t follow TIST Values, we hurt
ourselves, andmembers of our Small
Group, and TIST in Ugandaand
globally
To help the Quantifiers do their job
aucurately, please help have your
groves ready as below, answer
Quaniifiers’ questicns honestly, and
be ready fo help them in
Cruantificafion:
v Plant trees in rows whan
possthie
v Came for your trees to
encourage healthy res
growth
v Space trees comecily
according to neds of the
different species.
v Maintain groves so that
Quaniifiers can walk around
ihe grove and count trees.
v Do not harvest trees, except
fo thin for spacing, before the
frees are 30 years old.
Grove owners shold know how many
trees they have in their groves and
sign the quantification form indicating
the number recorded by the
quantifiers is acourate. This is a
requirement in order fo be paid. The
number should be the accemte free
by-tree count of trees thizy have
planted in TIST and that they pian to
maintain for thirty years, Groups
should make sure this is comect
hecause'if it is false, the group will not
be pid any money and may be
disqualified from TIST
By Hakim Bachwa.
Paw paws in my banana plantation;
try my best practice!
| newer knew that paw paws were
good for my banana plantation, hut
when | piantad therm, [found that they
acted as wind breaks for my bananas.
They aire the best, fendiy crops for
ry plantation.
The paw paws inter planted with
bananas grow wall and yisld many
nutritious fruits that are good for our
health. 1 sold simplus fo increase on
our household income. Furthermore,
these paw paws are medicinal: the
fruits are rich in enzymes that aid
digestion and sa can help with
stomach problems. Thay may also
help when we have intestinal
parasites.
Pawpaws can be planted along paths,
in our compounds, and in our garden.
We can sell the fruits, and this has
helped me raise school fees for my
children,
Paw paws grow fast and lock good in
our compounds. They da not prevent
hananas from growing well when
planted in banana plantations. They
are good fruit frees.
Fellow TIST members, let us all work
together to plant indigenous trees, and |
fruit trees like paw paws, mangoes,
oranges, and jackiuis: We shall get
maney and fruits from them,
By Kabikire Mitton, Trainer