THE TREE
A TIST UGANDA'S Publication
Volume 1 Issue No. 13 Dec -Jan 2010 etter 2010 The Trae Waorupapura Fwameakuni orurikuhandiowa aba TEST Ligands, atagi nya the Internaienal Small Group and Treg planting program, Bi | OKUKORA KWAITU :TIST n'akigombe ehyehadays knimutsya
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Trea planting encodragement in Kanungu
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By Ara Baanyang J gLETIE SOIL CONSERVATION is Tr true that trees hold the run off water and prevents soils removal? "Apollo
type of tree species and type of the soils are considered. =dlwerys plan in rows and columns © ible eosy free count,
-Farmers have tree groves cleared from bushes and shrubs
~Construct fire ines incase of sutbresk. This will enable farmer te put off fire easily.
=Have your groves in a walk ‘able distances
From Joshua Tist quatifier
Orishabe Kanungu practicing Kilimo hai / Conservation Farming (CF)? Practicing Conservation Farming is chile RA Clear your plot out of weed and bushes. Do not plough ;
Prepare your holes oblong {reciangle) shape. They should be between 15cm wide, 35cm long and 15cm
deep. Space holes atleast 75cm apart. B Take soma manure and good topsoil and mix if together, or use compost manure. Fill the
hola with tha mibdura up to Scm from the surface. When you plant the maize seeds {i -2 days belora rains start), plant 4 seeds in the soil across the hole. If
you are planting sorghum, plant 5-6 seeds at each end of the planting hole after a good shower of rai BW Cover the seeds with 2.5¢m of the rich soll and manure mixture. After this the soil in the hale should
be about 25cm below the surface of the field, m The space at the top of the hole enables wale 1o gel fo the ants when the rains come.
Wead around the holes regulary You do mor need chew ical fertilizer on the Eilimo Raid conservation farming pla! 5gm <i CF ig “Fe Top sgil <i son [Taken LJ
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CF holes J py 7 Dornot till the land. Just clear the weeds and make the holes as shown above. eal 2. Donot bum of the remains on the plot. Leave the residue leave them on the ground so that they make the *'moil more fertile. Crop remainders can'alse be used for compost manure.
3. Da not graze caffle'in the: plot. 4. Do not use chemical fertilizer on the conservation farming plot. Your crops will sill do better without chemical fertiizer.
5. Do not weed the enfina plot completely. Just weed around the holes.
Use a panga fo clear weeds betwoen the ines or spaces from one hole fo the 3