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Weaning and hardening of coffee tissue culture plantlets Possible role of Xclusive Cuttings in Uganda’s Robusta replanting campaign Peter Benders Director Xclusive Cuttings Uganda Coffee Day 2011 Rapid Multiplication of the 7 CWD resistant Lines. This presentation. Xclusive Cuttings Background

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  1. Weaning and hardening of coffee tissue culture plantletsPossible role of Xclusive Cuttings in Uganda’s Robusta replanting campaignPeter BendersDirector Xclusive CuttingsUganda Coffee Day 2011Rapid Multiplication of the 7 CWD resistant Lines

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Impression of Xclusive Cuttings • 11 green houses with latest technologies • 5,5 hectares of Chrysanthemum & Kalanchoe cuttings

  5. Impression of Xclusive Cuttings All irrigation water is disinfected with active chlorine • 6 storage tanks for irrigation water of different compositions fertilisers

  6. 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

  7. Impression of Xclusive Cuttings • Individual pumps for 6 levels of fertigation water • Fertigation system in green houses

  8. 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

  9. Vision of Xclusive Cuttings Contribute to the coffee replanting campaign by delivering 200 million high quality coffee seedlings to Uganda’s coffee farmers

  10. Replanting campaign – production phases 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

  11. Replanting campaign – time frame • 2024: All planted trees in full production

  12. Replanting campaign – size • 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

  13. 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

  14. Financial benefits for Uganda • 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

  15. Possible bottlenecks • 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)

  16. Conclusion • 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)

  17. Visualizing the project - I

  18. Visualizing the project - II

  19. Visualizing the project - III

  20. Visualizing the project - IV

  21. Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for your attention. I would like to open the floor for questions and discussion

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