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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
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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
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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
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Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
• 11 green houses with latest technologies
• 5,5 hectares of Chrysanthemum & Kalanchoe cuttings
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Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
All irrigation water is disinfected with active chlorine
• 6 storage tanks for irrigation water of different compositions fertilisers
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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
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Impression of Xclusive Cuttings
• Individual pumps for 6 levels of fertigation water
• Fertigation system in green houses
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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
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Contribute to the coffee replanting campaign by delivering 200 million high quality coffee seedlings to Uganda’s coffee farmers
Vision of Xclusive Cuttings
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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
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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 -
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• 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
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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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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Visualizing the project - I
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Visualizing the project - II
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Visualizing the project - III
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Visualizing the project - IV
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Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for your attention. I would like to open the floor for questions and discussion