Daily Archives: January 10, 2011

SOIL FERTILITY ANALYSIS AND AGRONOMIC PRACTICES FOR BANANA ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT IN THE RWENZORI REGION

SOIL FERTILITY ANALYSIS AND AGRONOMIC PRACTICES FOR BANANA ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT IN THE RWENZORI REGION

The East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) is a primary food and cash crop in Uganda. Despiteits importance, yields on farmer’s fields remain poor in the region compared to that on research stations.Quantitative information on the status of soil fertility in banana land use, banana management practicesand their adoption and the sources of social capital in Rwenzori region have been scanty. Therefore,what follows below is a summary of research results, from a research that was carried out in traditionalbanana growing districts of Rwenzori region. The study was carried out by the Rwenzori regional ThinkTank, to find out the reasons for the declining productivity of bananas and suggest banana managementtechnologies […]