Appendix 1: District Profiles - Foodnet

A 1.3 District Profile: Rukungiri (and Kanungu)
Area
Total Arable Cultivated Lakes Wetlands Forests
[km 2 ] 2752 2317 1575 169 145 383
Topography and relief Northern parts: western rift valley with undulating plains, the central parts comprise of flat topped
hills with broad valleys, while the hills gradually increase in the southern part, 900 – 2013 m.a.s.l.
Tree cover [%] # of forest nurseries: 21
Climate Bimodal rainfall, average: 1000 mm/yr; June – July driest and coolest; avg temp.: 19 o C
Number by 2001 Density km -2
Population
Growth Ethnic groups,
584,000 212 2.5% Bakiga, Bahororo, Bafumbira, Bahima,
Batwa
Major towns Rukungiri
Counties Rujumbura, Rubabo (Rukungiri) and Kanungu (former Kinkizi county ??)
Subcounties 19: 11 in Rukungiri and 8 in Kanungu
Road network 112 km trunk graveled; 690 km feeder roads; 47 km urban roads; 830 km community roads
Literacy rate
Health indicators
56.6 %
% rural population 106.000 farm families, average land holding: 2 ha
Gross Agric. product
U Shs $
per capita [Shs] ??? ???
Access to clean water 207 deep boreholes; 13 shallow wells;; 1966 protected springs; 197 gravity flow taps200 rain water
harvesting tanks / jars
Number of staff in
production & market
69
Crops
Area Total Average Farmgate Constraint
[ha] production yield Price
Potentials
Total Trend [t year -1 ] [kg ha -1 ] U Shs / kg
1. Banana 17,169 109,880 6,400 50 Panama wilt, Sigatoka, Banana
weevil, nematodes
2. Beans 3,132 2,505 800 200 Weevils
3. Sweet potatoes 5,876 59,348 10,100 50 Mites
4. Maize 2386 4,296 1,800 30 Borers and weevils
5. Millet 2235 1,788 800 200
6. Sorghum 1559 1,403 900 200
7. Field Peas 1225 980 800 300
8. Tea 1132 6,000 5,300 (g.l.) 150
9. Tobacco 908 1,292 1,420 1000
10. Groundnuts 809 971 1,200 800
11. Irish potatoes 676 7,368 10,900 100
12. Cassava 445 ?? ?? 150
13. Rice (upland) 250 250 1,000 600 Mites
14. Coffee (robusta) Na Ms Ms Coffee borers, mealy bugs
15. Coffee (arabica)
16.
Overall assessment
Ms Ms Ms
Ranked agricultural
problems
1. Pests and diseases 2. Inadequate sources of
improved seeds
3. Land fragmentation
4. Low production levels 5. post harvest losses 6. land degradation
7. Poor marketing system 8. indebtness to credit
institutions
9.
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