1. Precision Maize Planting Among Small Holder Farmers in Uganda
Peter Omara

2. Introduction Uganda is an agrarian economy Climate – rainfall & temp
Crops – cash: cotton, coffee, tea, tobacco; banana; food: beans, maize, millet, g/nuts etc.
Farm size ≤ 4 acres

3. Maize Single most important crop Grown primarily for food
Planted throughout the country
1.2 million acres (World Bank, 2010)

4. Challenges Low yield (2Mg-1 ha) due to; Crop pest and disease attack
Agronomic practices and prodtn. tech.
Ineffective planting methods
No or limited use of fertilizer,etc.

5. Yield Illustrations
50%

6. Maize planting
Hand hoe Ox-plough

7. Intervention NARO Development of high yielding varieties
Pest and disease resistant seeds
Why??
These isn’t necessarily = yield (Bekele et al., 2011)
NARO – Jab hand planter (2010)

8. Jab Hand Planter
Decreases soil erosion and increases planting proximity

9. Adv. Jab Planter Decreased soil erosion Improved planting proximity
Optimization of input
Increased profit

10. Questions??