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Main Crops Field peas (variety-Mesho) Sweet potato (mixed varieties) Beans

APPENDIX 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

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Main Crops Field peas (variety-Mesho) Sweet potato (mixed varieties) Beans

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  1. APPENDIX 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) • Gallant Soldier (Galinsoga parviflora) • 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) • Gallant Soldier (Galinsoga parviflora) • Cyperus spp. • Disease and pest not observed • 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

  2. APPENDIX 2: KABALE: TRANSECT 2 (MUHANGA-NYAKITABIRA 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

  3. APPENDIX 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

  4. APPENDIX 4: KABINGO:TRANSECT 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)

  5. APPENDIX 5: RAKAI:TRANSECT 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 • Cyperus spp • Senecio spp • Akajwamate Pests include • Akakoko on beans • Weevil on banana • Beatles on beans • 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 • Diseases mainly CMD on cassava • 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

  6. APPENDIX 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 • Gallant soldier • Goat weed • Amaranthus • 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)

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