2025 1ST SEASON COMMERCIAL HASS AVOCADO PLANTING, BOOK NOW!
Simon Peter
1ST SEASON 2025 (MARCH TO JUNE) EXPORT HASS AVOCADO FARMING IN UGANDA:
Hass avocado farming is worth everybody's investment who thinks farming as a business regardless of how much your job pays you since it's less risky, very low cost input, low maintenance and ready available market worldwide, any investment in Hass Avocado Growing automatically becomes your Pension. 15,870 ACRES of Hass Avocado Planted in 5 years, for details follow https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1457100674456118&type=3
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PLANTING SEASONS/TIMING/SEEDLINGS BOOKING:
In Uganda, we have 2 planting seasons, the 1st usually stretches from End of February-June across the Country, while it may start in end of February in the central region (and due to Climate Change issues), it may start in March, April etc, in other parts of the Country. The 2nd planting season in different parts of the Country starts in July and stretches to December, but setting off differently across the Country.
To plant at the onset of the 1st RAINS, you need to prepare the land early e.g. from November to end of December, do pitting when the soils are still soft, no need for ploughing, if you’re not going to plant other crops, remember at the spacing of 6x4m, you can inter-crop your garden upto 6 years. For those who have ready financial resources, you can prepare the land and dig the holes as early as June/July, apply manure in the dry season when it is available e.g. Cow Dung, Goat droppings, kindly don’t use chicken manure. Booking seedlings, we usually take orders 3 months to the planting season for those who really need mature and high quality seedlings which are well established and hardened enough. For Labor on early land preparation, kindly visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.520735551425973&type=3
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MATURITY PERIOD:
Hass avocados mature starts fruiting at 16 months for serious farmers, that is when all agronomical practises have been met e.g. buying good seedlings, timely planting at the onset of rains, timely manure application, timely application of pesticides in case of any infections (very rare) and provision of water during the dry season. For casual and mother nature farmers, 1st commercial harvest will come at between 2.5 to 3 years, for committed farmers, the first fruiting will start at 18 months.
YIELDS AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Expected yields rise from 50 fruits at 2.5 years, and pick yields rising to 3,000 fruits per tree at 10 years, yields increase as the tree grows bigger in size. Below, you will find expected yields from 2 years to years. The life span of a Hass Avocado tree is 30 years, and the plantation can be cut down, and sprouts again like coffee trees without replanting.
YIELDS FROM 2-10 YEARS
• 2nd year harvest of 50 fruits per tree, 8,300 fruits per acre (2 tons) monetary value Ug Shs 5,810,000
• 3rd year harvest 200 fruits per tree, 33,200 fruits per acre (8.3Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 23,240,00
• 4th year 400 fruits per tree, 66,400 fruits per acre (16.6Tons) monetary Ug Shs 46,480,000
• 5th year 800 fruits per tree, 132,800 fruits per acre (33.2Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 92,960,000
• 6th year 1000 fruits per tree, 166,000 fruits per acre (41,500Tons) monetary value 116,200,000
• 7th year 1100 fruits per tree, 182,600 fruits per acre (45.6Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 127,820,000
• 8th year 1300 fruits per tree, 215,800 fruits per acre (53.9Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 151,000,000
• 9th year 1500 fruits per tree, 249,000 fruits per acre (62.2Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 174,300,000
• 10th year 1750 fruits per tree, 290,500 fruits per acre (72.6Tons) monetary value Ug Shs 203,350,000
The above data is derived from Kenya Avocado Farmers, as well avocado exporters. The above estimates are derived from 2800Ugshs as price per Kg, 4 fruits per Kg and 166 trees per acre. However size 12 and 14, only 3 fruits will make 1kg. As of 1st December 2022, the Kenyan farm gate price per 1Kg of Hass Avocado is the equivalent of 3200Ug Shs.
READY MARKET AVAILABILITY:
Greening Uganda apparently is the only Company in Uganda promoting Commercial Avocado Farming with a Food Export affiliation with 2 sister companies engaged in food export e.g. Greening Food Exports, for details follow https://www.facebook.com/greeningexports and Fresh From Uganda, for details follow https://www.facebook.com/pg/freshfromuganda/photos/?tab=album&album_id=154078220593358 OR visit www.freshfromuganda.com
Apparently, we're largely exporting selected local varieties termed as JUMBOS, for details visit us at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5091477097530723&type=3
We’re able to provide market for all your avocado fruits, our current demand stands at 3500 tons per months. Besides, Uganda's proximity to all potential markets e.g. Europe is 7 flight hours of delivery, Middle East & United Arab Emirates are 6 Hours of Flight Delivery, North Africa (Libya, Egypt, Sudan) are 3 hours of flight delivery. The Far East China, South Korea, Japan, India are all within our reach than their current source e.g. Mexico, Chile, South Africa etc, that means in terms of pricing we're highly competitive. Our sister food exporting Companies, Fresh From Uganda, Greening Food Exports, and Granary Exports, have a combined weekly requirement of 300 tons of HASS AVOCADO. Currently we export selected local AVOCADO Species. Besides, Uganda has over 50 food exporters who are equally looking for the HASS AVOCADO FRUITS. Our current acreage of 1850 established plantations, are just a drop in an Ocean according to Global Avocado Market Demand. On daily basis we receive and turn down import inquiries of mainly Hass & Fuerte Avocado.
WEATHER/CLIMATE/SOIL REQUIREMENTS:
Although avocados are fairly resistant to drought, well distributed rainfall of between 1000-1200mm is adequate for proper crop development. They also require well drained soils to avoid root rot. The best soils are sandy or alluvial loams with pH ranging between 5 - 7.Considering all the top 10 HASS Avocado producing and exporting Countries, Uganda has the best soils and climate for the HASS Avocado crop. Take a look at this documentary from Chile, the 2nd world producer and exporter, it is 30% a desert with the hottest place on the earth, the Artacama Desert, Israel is equally a big exporter, with 60% of its land as a desert. Chile Avocado growing Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05oMsK0-jjA Please note: this documentary was done by DW-Tv, and the main focus was water crisis/conflict.
ESTABLISHMENT COSTS:
An acre requires 166 seedlings, and the cost of a seedling is 5,000shs, so the total cost of seedlings is Ug shs 830,000.
2. Pitting & planting, each hole of 2x2ft costs between 500-800shs depending on cost of labour as per location, let us take 800shs, that will total to 132,000shs
3. Bush Clearing an acre ranges between 80,000 to 150,000shs
4. Fertilizer application at planting is 24,000shs, 2nd application after 6 months 48,000shs
5. Weeding per acre thrice a year 180,000shs, The above costs are calculated basing on one acre establishment.
ESTABLISHED HASS AVOCADO FARMS IN UGANDA:
As we close the 2ND Season Planting this year 2023, Greening Uganda as a single large scale promoter and propagator for High Quality Authentic Hass Avocado Seedlings, we have been able to establish 13,570 acres across the Country and still counting, with the biggest single farmer with 100 acres in Kyegegwa District, followed by 120 acres in Kalangala District, with 70% of our farmers falling in the 5 to 20 acres category. The biggest independent single farmer established plantation in Uganda is currently 350 acres in Mayuge District, with an estimated total establishment of 3,500 Acres of HASS Avocado in Uganda, this is a real drop in an ocean. Chile alone had a total of 73,297 acres, by 2016.
SUPPLYING AUTHENTIC HASS, FUERTE, PINKERTON, & SEMIL34 AVOCADO SEEDLINGS:
We Import Hass, Fuerte, Pinkerton, Semil34 Avocado Scions. Our Avocado Scions suppliers in South Africa & Kenya are Global Gap Certified exporting farms. We import from South Africa and Kenya alone from Authentic healthy Global Gap Certified Orchards. Besides, Greening Uganda, we're the only Agro Forestry Company in Uganda with Trace of Origin for all our planting materials. We work had, to ensure we supply genuine planting materials to our farmers. For more details follow us at https://www.facebook.com/pg/greeningugandaforestryservices/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1457355437763975
AGROFORESTRY/FARMING LAND ACQUISITION:
If you’re looking for land for long term Agriculture Investments, e.g. Coffee, Avocado, Mangoes, Ginger, Macadamia farming, please do not hesitate to contact us. We have encumbrance free titled land in Mityana, Mubende, Kiboga, Kyenjojo, Kyegegwa, Kagadi, Kakumiro, Kibaale, Hoima, Masindi, Kyankwanzi etc. Cost per acre of arable land is 4 to 5m. For Available pieces of land for Agriculture, visit https://www.greeningugandagroup.com/land-for-commercial-agriculture-in-uganda
OTHER COMMERCIAL FORESTRY VENTURES:
Attached by this email, you will find price-list for other Tree Seedlings e.g. Fruits, Timber Woodlot, Medicinal Plants and Ornamental plants, you will as well find attached copy of our Tree Seeds Price List for both Fruits, Timber Lot, Medicinal & Ornamentals. Please NOTE for all tree planting projects, if you want to establish your own nursery, you need to buy seeds 3 month earlier to beat the planting season of 1ST SEASON. For all other high value commercial agriculture ventures, visit us at https://www.facebook.com/greeningugandaforestryservices/photos/?tab=album&ref=page_internal
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For God & My Country,
Simon Peter
Research & Business Development Manager
Greening Uganda|Greening Forestry Services
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