Alexander Agricultural & Environmental Advocacy

oh my!! what a lovely sky! green dry all around weather, water or ground what if trees are removed? pollution will increase, its proved! conditions will be sad how sorrow and sad the lovely trees home of birds and bees the world without trees we can't afford the soil will also erode barren mountains with dry land now future is in your hand! we should all not refuse our responsibility remember, in our lives trees have the most utility! Let's plant more trees to conserve our environment            By Wandera Alexander Coordinator African Food Security      and Climate Army (AFSCA) My Environment is my Responsibility alexanderwander14@gmail.com fetcheragroforestrycentre@gmail.com +256773545347

 Iam the heat of your earth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching your thirst as you journey on. I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table, the bed on which you lie, and the timber that builds your boat. I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin. I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty. 'Ye who pass by, listen to my prayer: Harm me not. (This prayer has been used in the All African countries Forests preservations for more than 1,000 years.) Though much is taken, much abides.... One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simpl...

To contribute to saving our one and only planet. Population boom and fossil fuel based technological advancements have taken a serious toll on our natural environment. So now we need to do our part in reversing the effects of degradation in order for humanity to continue living in a habitable and sustainable ways Our 3 Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle  remain applicable Here I  come with  10 simple ways  to conserve and protect our environment Do small changes to your daily routine for a better world for you, your family, your community and all living things now and forever. 1. Create a compost heap in your garden or use a compost bin. This helps recycle food waste and other biodegradable materials. 2. When going shopping, make it a habit to bring your own eco-bags and say no to plastic bags as much as possible. 3. Join as many tree planting trips as you can. 4. If possible, try carpooling to work, business presentations,...

Required 1.sack 2.small stones 3.well drained fertile soils 4.manure 5.twigs PROCEDURES: Place the stick or twigs in the suck vertically upright,this is to provide a standing base . Fill the Base of the sack with lateritic soils half of it ,to improve in the drainage. Fill the side parts of the remaining sack with well drained fertile soils properly mixed with manure,water the set up. Allow the set up to stay  for one 2-3 days to allow it to cool,drill holes on the sack all the sides ,then u can introduce any vegetable seedling(on all the sides ,water the set up again,  continue managing the set up with spraying, pest control, disease control and all other mgt activities Then after 2-3 months the crop will be ready for sale thus fetching money Message from Wandera Alexander S Swtxander.blogspot.com tweet @wanderaAlex5 Email My Environment is my Responsibility +256773545357/+256773500334

Reqiuired are: Rearing house of at least 10*5meters,well ventilated, with doors and windows with wire mesh Woodshavings of about 2sacks of 100 KGS Spread the woodshaving on the floor to make it about 3inches U have to cover the woodshaving with newspapers so to prevent the  chicks from picking the shavings But before introducing the chicks ,u HVE to first desinfect the rearing room with doom ,this is done by keeping the room 24hrs closed after disinfecting and 24hrs after open be4 intriducing the chicks Chicks are bought at 1500ugs@ Drinkers at one day introduced chicks ,use aplate in a flat like way and into it fill with stones to prevent them from sinking and water sud b clean Two feedere trough made of timber FEED TO FEED THE CHICKS ONE-DAY chicks - starter marsh,the first day wen u HV brought don't give feeds instead give water mixed with glucoz First abd second week feed them with starter feed three times a day is morning ,after noon and evening On the third a...

VARIETIES Uganda has a wide collection of passion fruits which consist of local purple, local yellow, kawanda hybrid selections, sweet granadila, introduced purple, yellow hybrid and hard shell varieties. Present popular varieties are the local purple and the kawanda hybrid. The local purple is highly preferred for local and export markers due to its purple fruits being rich in aroma and flavor. However, it has small fruits. Its also susceptible to magor passion fruit diseases. The local small purple variety does well in cool wet areas. The local yellow is highly valiable but generally has vigorous vine growth, large fruits comparebly more acidic than the local purple and its appreciable resistant to root rot diseases. It is presently used as a rootstock on graft otherwise susceptible superior fruiting commercial varieties The kawanda hybrid is a cross between mubende local yellow and yellow passion fruit. It has large purple fruits, with vigorous vine growth habit and its h...

MANGOES (MANGIFERA INDICA)  It is most widely distributed fruit in Uganda. Mango does well in areas which are too dry for other crops like oranges Propagation Fresh seeds are used to propagate root stalks and the seeds should be extracted from fruits.  Dry seeds don’t germinate, so in order to speed up the germination process, the kennel is cut off and the seed is removed from fibrous coating. Plant with the concave side facing downwards. Two types of seeds exists One is as result of fertilization thus will give rise to zygote seedlings. The other will give rise to many young seedlings thus is described as poly embryonic  and can be used to maintain characteristics, so are not a result of fertilization but are as a result of Apomixes .  Germination of seeds takes about 20 days and reaches length of 6 inches in 6 to 8 weeks and they will be 9 to 10 inches in about 10 to 12 weeks. Improved cultivators are propagated by grafting. There are...

WHY THERE IS NEED TO ADOPT AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES IN UGANDA A gro forestry is a land use practice involving deliberate   integration of woody perennials (Trees and shrubs) together with crops(annial and perennials crops)   and or animals (poultry, cattle, sheep, bees, fish, silk worms) on the same pieces of land in spatial of temporal arrangements for the benefits of man and his environment. It’s among the successful land use system that diversify and intensifies trees, crops and animals in a sustainable manner, as an old age practice, there is a lot to learn from the success traditional Agro forestry practices of the chagga and konso and java home gardens distributed in the world The Agro forestry research is being spearheaded by the world agro forestry centre ( WAC ) formally called International Centre for Research in Agro forestry (ICRAF ) with its headquarters located in Nairobi- Kenya and in Uganda its found t NAFFORI in Mukono Since 1997, ...

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