61
13/14
Table 2: Estimatednumber of coffeeplantingmaterials soldby type
Region
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Elite
Cuttings
Elite
Cuttings
Elite
Cuttings
Central
10,209,214 208,351
8,774,116
179,064
13,796,387
281,559
Eastern
1,754,585
17,723
2,535,362
25,610
6,081,847
61,433
Western
3,307,807
67,506
5,584,525
113,970
7,874,903
160,712
Northern
707,553
0
875,919
0
1,119,525
0
Total
15,979,159 293,580
17,769,922 318,644
28,872,662
503,704
Source: Surveydata 2014
a)
Cost Benefit Analysis; Tissueculture
propagation
All the Tissue Culture laboratory operators visited provided
scanty figures of costs for construction, equipping the
laboratory and making it functional for coffee seedling
propagation. It is important tonote that, all theTissueCulture
laboratorieshavegot anumber of product lines theyproduce,
themajor ones beingbananas, sweet potatoes and cassava.
Basedonfieldassessment,a typical TissueCultureLaboratory
hassix (6)major sections that constitute the following;Support
services facilities for staff (offices),Media storage room,Media
preparation room, Transfer room, Growth room/Culture room
andScreen house
The figures in Table 3 were derived from a standard Tissue
Culture laboratory facilitywhichcanproduce250,000planting
materials, given themortality rateof about 20%, the facilitywill
produce 200,000plantlets. Unlike, banana plantingmaterials
which takeabout ninemonths to final product, itwas reported
that coffee planting materials can take a minimum of 18
months.
Of the total planting materials sold, 98% was elite while 2%
were cuttings. The highest number of plantingmaterials sold
was in the year 2013/14; largely distributed by UCDA and
political actors to farmers.
3.3.3 Cost Benefit Analysis of Tissue Culture
Laboratories and Conventional Nurseries (Elite and
Cuttings)
Cost benefit analysis for elite materials was categorized into
three (3) main dimensions based on number of planting
materialspropagated; small,mediumand largenurserieswhile
tissue culture propagationwas based on a standard 250,000
facility. The cost benefit analysis of elite planting materials
for central, western and eastern regions was based on the
following median figures (most common size of nurseries);
25,000 for small, 60,000 for medium and 150,000 for large.
For Northern region Cost Benefit Analysis elite planting
materials were based on median figures of 10,000 and
100,000 planting materials for small and large respectively;
the region had no category for medium size nurseries. For
cuttings,
Table 3: Cost Benefit Analysis for TissuecultureLaboratory (200,000 seedlings)
Item
Life span (Years)
CostUGX
Depreciated costUGX
Buildings
30
300,000,000
10,000,000
Equipment
10
300,000,000
30,000,000
ScreenHouse (0.0025m
2
per plantlet)
5
70,000,000
14,000,000
Consumables
1
70,000,000
70,000,000
Labour
120,000,000
120,000,000
Power/fuel
20,000,000
20,000,000
Generator
10
50,000,000
5,000,000
Total cost
930,000,000
269,000,000
Cost per unit seedling
1345
Revenue
Number ofTC seedlings
250,000
Lessmortality rate (20%)
200,000
