Title: APPENDIX 1: KABALE: TRANSECT 1 (BUBARE SUB COUNTY-KITABUGIKA VILLAGE = KIGEZI ANNUAL CROPS MONTANE AGROECOLOGICAL ZONE FIG 1) SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
1APPENDIX 1 KABALE TRANSECT 1 (BUBARE SUB
COUNTY-KITABUGIKA VILLAGE KIGEZI ANNUAL CROPS
MONTANE AGROECOLOGICAL ZONE FIG 1) SHOWING MAJOR
CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main Crops
- Field peas
- (variety-Mesho)
- Sweet potato
- (mixed
- varieties)
- Beans
- Irish Potatoes
- grown on ridge
- Finger Millet
- (previous
- season).
- Major Weeds
- Couch grass (Digitaria spp.)
- Mexican Marigold (Targetes minuta)
- Black Jack (Bidens pilosa)
- Goat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium)
- Main Crops
- Sweet potatoes (variety local and kalebe)
- Irish potatoes (Victoria)
- Bananas
- 1. Mbwa zirume
- 2. Musa
- Field peas
- beans
- 1. climbing type
- 2. also erect type
- Crop association
- Beans/Field peas
- Beans/ Irish- potatoes
- Major Weeds
- Couch grass (Digitaria spp.)
- Mexican Marigold (Targetes minuta)
- Black Jack (Bidens pilosa)
- Goat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Main Crops
- Sweet potato-pure stand bout 80 cover
- Sweet potato in two other neighbouring gardens
- Variety
- 1. Kalebe
- 2. Magabali
- 3. Nyina Kananso
- Field peas
- Irish potatoes
- Beans
- Major Weeds
- Mexican Marigold (Targetes minuta)
- Black jack (Bidens pilosa)
- Goat weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Couch grass (Digitaria spp.)
- Akanyamafundo-dominant weed
- Main Crops
- Field peas
- Irish potatoes
- Newly opened land planted to field peas
- Major Weeds
- Mexican Marigold (Targetes minuta)
- Gallant soldier (Galinsoga parviflora)
- Goat weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Main Crops
- Sweet potato
- Field peas
- Main Crops
- Beans
- Field peas
- Irish potatoes
- Crop association-beans and potatoes
- Tobacco-variety Kiboko
- Pumpkin
- Major Weeds
- Black jack (Bidens pilosa)
- Goat weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Couch grass (Digitaria spp.)
- Galinsoga spp
- Main Crops
- Beans-poor stand
- Irish potatoes
- Sweet potatoes
- Fallow
- Major weeds
- Mexican marigold (Targetes minuta)
- Black jack (Bidens pilosa)
- Goat weed (Ageratum conyzoides)
- Couch grass (Digitaria spp.)
- Ekitera nkumba
- Ekikondogoro
2APPENDIX 2 KABALE TRANSECT 2 (MUHANGA-NYAKITABIR
A VILLAGE THROUGH RWENYANGI-NYABUBOHE VILLAGE
KIGEZI ANNUAL CROPS MONTANE SYSTEMS FIG 1)
SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main Crops
- Onions in 3 gardens planted at different times
10-70 cover - Irish potatoes-just established
- Field peas-just planted
- Crops generally well managed
- Irish potatoes on ridges
- Field peas-broadcast
- Major Weeds
- largely annual weeds
- Couch grass
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Gallant soldier
- Amaranthus spp (dominant)
- Ekisakasheka
- Diseases-tips of young onions wilting
- Major Weeds
- Various types of weed spp
- Almost 100 cover
- Main Crops
- Bananas (mixed varieties)
- 1.Mbwa zirume
- 2.Nsika
- 3.Kabalagala
- Well mulched with banana leaves
- Vegetation cover 80-90
- Major Weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Goat weed
- Leonotis spp
- Oxalis spp
- Major Weeds
- Various types of weed spp
- Almost 100 cover
- Main Crops
- Bananas pure stand but mixed with variety
- 1.Mbwa zirume
- 2.Kabalagala
- 3.Nsika
- 70-80 cover
- Occasional stand of cocoyam in bananas
- Major Weeds
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Few Ricinus communis plants
- Gallant soldier
- Oxalis spp
- Main Crops
- Banana with various crop associations near
homestead-banana/pumpkin/cocoyam/pawpaw - Bananas/beans well mulched bananas
- Major Weeds
- Gallant soldier
- Oxalis spp
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- But banana generally well cared for
- Main Crops
- Bananas grown as pure stand but mixed varieties
- 1.Mbwa zirume
- 2.Kabalagala
- 3.Nsika
- Cocoyam
- Crop association-banana/cocoyam and pumpkin
- Major Weeds
- Gallant soldier
- Oxalis spp
- Black jack
- Goat weed
Altitude (m)
GRAZING PASTURE
- Major Weeds
- Variety of weed spp observed
3APPENDIX 3 MBARARA TRANSECT 3 (MWIZI SUB
COUNTY-NGOMA PARISH WESTERN BANANA/COFFEE/CATTLE
SYSTEMS) SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main crops
- Banana
- 1.Mbwa zirume
- 2.Kabalagala
- Sweet potatoes
- Beans
- Irish potatoes
- Major weeds
- Mixican marigold
- Couch grass
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Cyperus spp
- Star grass (Cynodon)
- Senecio spp
- Main crops
- No significant cropping
- Major weeds
- Various weeds within forest (Eucalyptus)
- Main crops
- Irish potatoes
- /beans
- Gnuts/field peas/beans
- Finger millet/cassava/maize/Irish potatoes
- Millet dominant crop
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Goat weed
- Couch grass
- Mexican marigold
- Main crops
- Banana-dominant
- Coffee scattered in bananas
- Cocoyam/Irish potatoes in bananas
- Crop associations-banana/coffee/cocoyam in lower
ground - banana well mulched 70-80 cover
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Commelina spp
- Main crops
- Bananas-almost all in pure stand
- Major weeds
- Weeds very few
- Main crops
- Bananas coffee, Irish potatoes, beans
- Poorly mulched banana
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Commelina spp
Altitude in meters
- Main crops
- Same as above but banana heavily mulched
- Crop association-banana/Irish potatoes/cassava
but banana is the main crop - Major weeds
- Very few weeds
- Crop health good
- Main crops
- Bananas
- Irish potatoes
- Pumpkin
- Crop association-banana/Irish potatoes/pumpkins,
well mulched banana
4APPENDIX 4 KABINGOTRANSECT 4 (KIKAGATI-RUYAGA
VILLAGE) SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main crops
- Maize/beans/Irish potatoes
- Maize/beans/Irish potatoes
- Pumpkin/tomatoes and Ntula
- Crop association
- Major weeds
- Mixican marigold
- Couch grass
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Cyperus spp
- Star grass (Cynodon)
- Senecio spp
- Main crops
- Pasture land
- Neighbouring land newly opened and planted finger
millet
- Main crops
- Banana-different varieties
- Maize
- Sweet potatoes
- Cassava
- Coffee
- Mangoes
- Ntula
- Tomatoes
- Crop association-bananas/maize/sweet
potatoes/coffee - Bananas increasing in towards lower slope
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Couch grass
- Goat weed
- Main crops
- Land just opened and planted to a number of
crops - 1.Irish potatoes
- 2.Maize
- 3.Cassava
- Crop association-Maize/Cassava/Irish potatoes
- Low population
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Couch grass
- Mexican marigold
- Senecio spp
- Main crops
- Banana
- Maize
- Irish potatoes
- Beans
- Coffee
- Crop association-bananas/coffee/maize/beans/Irish
potatoes - Pawpaw trees scattered in bananas
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Thorn apple
- Amaranthus
- Main crops
- Maize/beans/Irish potatoes/sweet potatoes
- Beans/cassava/maize
- Field peas
- Maize/beans/bananas
- Beans/maize/cassava
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Gallant soldier
Altitude (m)
5APPENDIX 5 RAKAITRANSECT 5 ( KYARURANGIRA SUB
COUNTY-KAMOMA VILLAGE INTENSIVE BANANA/COFFEE
SYSTEM FIG 1) SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main crops
- Beans
- 1.Kanyebwa
- 2.K123
- Bananas increasing in intensity down slope
- Maize
- Cassava
- Banana varieties-Kibuzi nakitembe Musa Musakala
- Other crops
- 1.Tobacco
- 2.Soya beans
- 3.Irish potatoes
- All the above sparsely distributes
- Crop associations-beans/maize/bananas/cassava
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Couch grass
- Gallant soldier
- Leonotis
- Main crops
- Grazing land
- Major weeds
- Variety of weed spp including Mexican marigold,
solanum spp
- Main crops
- Banana varieties
- 1.Kibuzi
- 2.Kayinja
- Coffee
- Cassava
- Beans
- Maize
- Crop associations-banana/coffee/cassava/maize
- Banana very poorly managed
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Oxalis
- Leonotis
- Amaranthus
- Ekiboombo
- Commelina spp
- Main crops
- Crops and crop mixtures same as above but more
complex mixtures near homestead e.g.
bananas/maize/ - Ntula/cocoyam
- Major weeds
- Weed spp include
- Dateera spp
- Solanum spp
- Gallant soldier
- Main crops
- Bananas
- Irish potatoes/maize on the lower end
- Variety of complex mixtures
- 1.Cassava/maize/beans
- 2.Cassava/finger millet/maize
- 3.Beans/maize-very good stand
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Commelina spp
- Akajwamate
- Leonotis
- Main crops
- Bananas
- Beans
- Cassava
- Crop associations-bananas/beans/maize/cassava
- Some crops just harvested
- Percentage cover very good 70-80
- Major weeds
- Weed spp largely same as above
- Main crops
- Beans
- Millet/maize in bananas
- Cassava-abandoned
- Sweet potatoes-Kalebe
- Major weeds
- Leonotis spp
- Commelina spp
- Solanum
- Black jack
- Main crops
- Fallow pasture covered with variety of weeds
- Crops largely in complex mixtures
beans/cassava/maize/pumpkin/cocoyam/sweet
potatoes - Percentage cover very good near homestead
- Major weeds
- Senecio spp
- Leonotis spp
- Main crops
- Crop associations-banana/beans/maize/pawpaw/Irish
potatoes - Percentage cover very low10-30
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Commelina spp
- Solanum spp
6APPENDIX 6 RAKAI TRANSECT 6 (BUYAMBA
PARISH-BIGANDO VILLAGE INTENSIVE BANANA/COFFE
SYSTEM FIG 1) SHOWING MAJOR CROPS AND MAIN WEEDS
- Main crops
- Maize was the main crop before fallow
- Few tobacco plants in the fallow
- rotation-tobacco, beans, maize
- Percentage cover nearly 100
- Major weeds
- Mexican marigold
- Black jack
- Solanum spp
- Bikwaso
- Commelina spp
- Leonotis
- cynodon
- Main crops
- Millet
- Maize
- Beans
- Crop association-millet/maize/beans
- Crops about 2 weeks old
- Percentage cover is low
- Plant population is low 10-12/m2 plant cover
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Senecio spp
- Main crops
- Bananas
- Coffee
- Beans
- Irish potatoes
- Sugar cane
- Crop associations-bananas/coffee/beans/Irish
potatoes - Percentage cover 70-80
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Commelina
- Euphobia spp
- Main crops
- Bananas varieties
- 1.Kibuzi
- 2.Kabalagala
- 3.Nakitembe
- 4.Bogoya
- 5.Mbwa zirume
- Banana well managed, weeded, mulched
- Coffee
- Beans
- Coco yam
- Tobacco
- Cassava
- Crop associations-bananas/coffee/beans/cocoyam
- others-cassava/pawpaw/sweet potatoes
- Percentage cover 80-90
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Main crops
- Irish potatoes-good crop, well managed with few
bananas - Maize
- Banana
- Beans-good crop, well managed and established on
the lower slopes - Crop associations-Irish potatoes/bananas/maize
- Beans/maize, good cover on lower slopes 70-80
- Major weeds
- Cyperus spp
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Couch grass
- Commelina
- Akajwamate
- Main crops
- Abandoned coffee
- Beans
- Cassava
- Cocoyam
- Crop associations-beans/cassava/cocoyam
- Percentage cover nearly 100 in the abandoned
coffee - Others 50-60
- Major weeds
- Couch grass
- Comelina spp
- Black jack
- Gallant soldier
- Goat weed
- Lantana camara
- Main crops
- Bananas-poorly managed
- Cocoyam
- Beans
- Cassava
- Crop associations-bananas/cocoyam/beans/cassava
- Percentage cover-low 50-60 due to poor
management - Major weeds
- Gallant soldier
- Black jack
- Graminea spp
- Senecio spp
- Euphobia spp
- Main crops
- Irish potatoes
- Cassava
- Maize
- Crop association-Irish potatoes/cassava/maize
- Percentage cover 60-70
- Major weeds
- Black jack
- Goat weed
- Commelina spp
Altitude (m)