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Weaning and hardening of coffee tissue culture plantlets
Possible role of Xclusive Cuttings in Uganda’s Robusta replanting
campaign
Peter BendersDirector Xclusive Cuttings
Uganda Coffee Day 2011Rapid Multiplication of the 7 CWD resistant Lines
This presentation• Xclusive Cuttings
Background Impression of current operations
• Possible role in Replanting campaign Production steps Time frame Size Finances Bottle necks Conclusions / Way forward
Movies to visualize vision
Background on Xclusive Cuttings• Floriculture farm that propagates
flower cuttings • Since 2003 • Location: 10 km off Gayaza road• 50 ha land – 5,5 ha greenhouses• > 100 million cuttings per year• > 250 staff
• Experience Director 19 years in propagation of cuttings 15 years in Uganda
Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
• 11 green houses with latest technologies
• 5,5 hectares of Chrysanthemum & Kalanchoe cuttings
Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
All irrigation water is disinfected with active chlorine
• 6 storage tanks for irrigation water of different compositions fertilisers
Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
• Use of ‘fertigation’ in all green houses
i.e. fertiliser mixed in irrigation water
• Mixing of fertigation water & climate control in greenhouses is computer controlled
Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
• Individual pumps for 6 levels of fertigation water
• Fertigation system in green houses
Why an interest in coffee?Xclusive Cuttings• 2006/7 – Concept note for
USAID/APEP on multiplication of 40 million tissue culture plants per year
• 2011 – Contacts with UCDA
Personal• Contribution to improving livelihoods
of Uganda’s farmers• Enjoy technical challenge
Contribute to the coffee replanting campaign by delivering 200 million high quality coffee seedlings to Uganda’s coffee farmers
Vision of Xclusive Cuttings
Phase 1: Large-scale multiplication of the seven varieties through tissue culture (8 months)
Phase 2: Large-scale weaning and hardening of the TC plants in greenhouse (9 months)
Phase 3: Distribution throughout the country
Phase 4: Buying and planting by farmers
Replanting campaign – production phases
2024: All planted trees in full production
Replanting campaign – time frame
Phase Years Production (# plants/yr)
Other
I 2012/13 1 million Sourcing funding
II 2014 5 million Building of TC and greenhouse capacity
III 2015 20 million Additional building of TC and greenhouse capacity
IV 2016-2020 40 million -
TOTAL
2012-2020 226 million -
• Weaning and hardening units: 20 hectares of greenhouses 160 times larger than Nakanyonyi
nursery
• Employees: 350-400 full time staff• Logistics:
25 refrigerated trucks (20-40 foot) Daily distribution up-country in April-May &
September-October
• Acreage planted: 36.000 ha per year• Farmers: 1.3 million @ 175 trees
Replanting campaign – size
Replanting campaign - costs• Investment and production costs of TC
phase: ?
• Investment cost for Xclusive Cuttings: $ 13-16 million
• Production cost for 226 million plants (weaning to delivery): $ 61 million
• Cost per plant (weaning to delivery): $ 0.27 or 750-800 UGX
=> Need for 50% subsidy in order to sell at current market price
• Current annual Robusta export value: $ 272 million (Sep 2010 - Aug 2011) ≈ 10% national budget
• Estimated additional annual Robusta export value (200 million productive trees): $ 300 million per year
Replanting campaign doubles Contribution of coffee to national budget Income of coffee farmers
Financial benefits for Uganda
• Funding requirements • Rules/regulations of government and
donors • Possible project politics vs. Xclusive
ethics• Logistical operations and distribution
of plants to farmers• Collection of farmer payment for
plants • Possible corruption (distribution and
cash collection)
Possible bottlenecks
• At technical level a professional challenge, but achievable
• Main challenges: political & logistics up-country
• Major impact from farmer to national economy of Uganda
=> PROJECT SHOULD HAVE STARTED YESTERDAY (or better 5 years ago)
Conclusion
Visualizing the project - I
Visualizing the project - II
Visualizing the project - III
Visualizing the project - IV
Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for your attention. I would like to open the floor for questions and discussion