2ND Season HASS Avocado Export Farming in Uganda, Order Seedlings Now!
Albert KUNIHIRA
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.
MATURITY PERIOD: Hass avocados mature starts fruiting at 16 months for serious farmers, that is when all agronomical practices 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.
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 28th May 2019, the Kenyan farm gate price per 1Kg of Hass Avocado is the equivalent of 3200Ug Shs.
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. For more details follow us at www.greeninguganda.com
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.
PLANTING SEASONS/TIMING/SEEDLINGS BOOKING:
Uganda, as a Country we have 2 planting seasons, the 1st usually stretches from February-June across the Country, while it may start in end of February in the central region, 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 2nd RAINS, you need to prepare the land early, 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. Early booking will attract a huge discount at 5,000shs per seedling, while pick and pay price is 6,000shs per seedling. Please note other Nurseries are selling seedlings at 10,000shs
To place your order for seedlings online for August/September/October/November/December, kindly visit https://greeninguganda.com/Products/Hass_Ovaccado_Cba OR contact us on 0752-200003/0776-200002 WHATSAPP: 0793-200002, or visit our offices at Kisubi Entebbe Road, 50 meters immediately after Savio stage on your right or drop us an email at ord...@greeninguganda.com OR Visit our page at https://web.facebook.com/pg/greeningugandaforestryservices/photos/?tab=album&album_id=720120324820827
ESTABLISHED HASS AVOCADO FARMS IN UGANDA:
As of 28th May 2019, Greening Uganda as a single large scale promoter and propagator for High Quality Authentic Hass Avocado Seedlings, we have been able to establish 963 acres across the Country, with the biggest single farmer with 100 acres in Kyegegwa District, followed by 40 acres also in Kyegegwa District, with 70% of our farmers falling in the 5 acres category. The biggest independent single established plantation in Uganda is currently 350 acres in Mayuge District, with an estimated total establishment of 1500 Acres of HASS Avicado in Uganda, this is a real drop in an ocean. Chile alone had a total of 73,297 acres, by 2016. INVESTING IN HASS AVOCADO EXPORT FARMING, IS INVESTING IN YOUR FAMILY’S FUTURE, YOUR RETIREMENT AND PENSION
For God & My Country,
Albert KUNIHIRA
Research & Business Development Manager
Greening Uganda/Greening Forestry Services
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