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3.10. Conclusion
Bugiri, Kayunga, Mukono, Kiboga, Masaka and Rakai districts. Each of these districts has at least two active field schools. Information dissemina- tion through FFS has been so successful through open field days hosted by these farmers, so that in all the six districts, extension workers who have been on this coffee programme are now using the approach for other crops/
commodities.
The farmers are involved in training other farmers, for instance, the field school in Rakai (Jjongeza Coffee Farmer Field School) trained more than 500 out-grower farmers of Kaweri Coffee Company in CWD management and other good agricultural practises in 2006.
The creation of more FFS will greatly enhance the farmers’ knowledge and give a chance for most farmers to get the much needed production infor- mation within relatively short time.
Coffee production campaign
Coffee stakeholders showed concern about the declining volume of coffee exports from Uganda. Consequently, a number of meetings/workshops were convened in Kampala during 2006, with the goal of improving coffee productivity, so as to raise the volume of coffee from 2 million bags to 4 mil- lion bags by the year 2015. A plan of action was drawn up for the various stakeholders, which included research, extension, input stockists and oth- ers. Control of CWD is essential if the programme is to succeed. Resistant varieties would greatly impact on the progress to increase production. The role of research is to ensure available resistant materials are evaluated, mul- tiplied and distributed to farmers. At the same time, information dissemina- tion through various print materials in English and main local languages on CWD management and other agronomic and crop protection problems is emphasized. The campaign began in 2006, and this is the third year.
The information gap that existed at the beginning of the CWD epidemic has currently been bridged. Participatory approaches to technology genera- tion and dissemination have played a major role and are being adopted by extension workers. Local leaders have been sensitized about CWD and their pivotal role in the control of the disease. These leaders have realized that without coffee, their revenue base would remain small, and they are show- ing more interest in the crop than before, particularly in Masaka district and a number of others.
Recommendations for CWD management are now based on research findings. There are sound scientific reasons why uprooting and maintaining other sanitary practises are essential and are being communicated to farm- ers and extension staff. It is essential that information dissemination should be maintained to integrate new information from research into management strategies and keep farmers and extensionists updated.
Breeding work should continue to establish the nature of resistance in the current selected CWD-resistant cultivars to provide a basis for planning breeding strategies for durable resistance to CWD. Attempts to have DNA finger printing of the selected resistant clones for identifying them and for patent rights should continue to logical conclusions.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge all the farmers and extension staff that partici- pated in the programme with us; without their cooperation, patience, time and interest, no useful results would have been achieved. We would also like to thank UCDA for its commitment to this commodity and to all the develop- ment partners (CFC, ICO, EU, DFID, CIRAD etc.) for providing funds at the most needed time. In addition, we would like to acknowledge CORI staff for their dedication, in particular Mr Sammy Olal for his hard work in taking photographs and processing data.
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1A. Million,
1H. Hindorf,
2Z. Arega,
1D. Teferi
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2INRES-Phytomedizin, University of Bonn, Nussallee 9, 53115 Bonn, Germany