Fruit trees for improved nutrition and livelihoods

Thematic Parallel Session 3: Fruit trees for improved nutrition and

livelihoods • Fruit diversity on farms for improved diets and nutrition: A

household tree portfolio approach. Stepha McMullin, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya

• Nutritional value of some indigenous fruits and nuts growing in Southern Africa, Mangani Katundu, University of Malawi, Malawi

• Quality seed and seedling systems. Ramni Jamnadass, ICRAF, Kenya• Improving access to fruits for nutrition through better fruit orchard

management. Simon Mng’omba, ICRAF, Malawi.• Strengthening markets and value addition of fruits for nutrition and

livelihoods: a private sector case study- Malawi Mangoes. Wilson Gondwe, Malawi

Day 2: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 @ 11:00-12:30

Fruit tree diversity for

improved nutritionStepha McMullin,

Katja Kehlenbeck & Ramni JamnadassWorld Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Global Malnutrition

Source: who.int/nugrowthdb

40%

ESAf

Malawi

Figure 1: Malnutrition statistics

Production Dietary Gaps

Source: Herforth 2010

Figure: Food Quantities in sub Saharan Africa 2003/2009)

Past and projected fruit and vegetable consumption globally 2000 – 2030

Consumption of fruits and vegetables

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Latin Amer. + the Caribbean

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Asia

East Asia + Pacific

Eastern Europe + Central Asia

Middle East + North Africa

United States

World

Kg fruit and vegetables/person per year

20002000-2030 change

Modified after: Msangi and Rosegrant 2011. Feeding the Future’s Changing Diets; Ruel et al. 2005. Patterns of fruit & vegetable consumption in SSA.

WHO-recommended

146 kg

Kenya: 114 kg Malawi: 53 kg fruit + veg

Daily nutrient requirement

Macronutrients = 5 RDACarbohydrate 130g Dietary Fiber 25g Linoleic Acid 12g Alpha-Linolenic Acid

1g Protein 47g

Vitamins = 14 RDAVitamin A 500µg REVitamin C 50mg Vitamin D 200IU Vitamin E 15mg Vitamin K 90µg Thiamin 1.1mg Riboflavin 1.1mg Niacin 14mg Vitamin B6 1.3mg Folate 400µg Vitamin B12 2.4µg Pantothenic

Acid 5mg Biotin 30µg Choline 425mg

Minerals = 12 RDACalcium 1000mg Chromium 25µg Copper 0.9mg Flouride 3mg Iodine 150µg Iron 18mg Magnesium 320mg Manganese 1.8mg Molybdenum 45µg Phosphorus 700mg Selenium 55µg Zinc 8mg

Adult female, 31-50 years old, not pregnant or lactating, sedentary lifestyle

31 nutrients to be covered

RDA=Recommended dietary allowance

Agro-biodiversity for balanced dietsor 50 g cassava leavesor 70 g moringa leavesor 9 g red palm oilor 90 g butternutor 125 g mango (orange)

or 60 g sesame seedsor 70 g Grewia tenax

fruits

or 20 g guavaor 20 g baobab pulpor 30 g moringa leavesor 80 g mango

High agro-biodiversity = diverse, balanced dietsFood trees contribute much to healthy diets

Modified from WHO/FAO 2004: Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition; Tang et al. 2009 Golden Rice is an effective source of vitamin A. Am J Clin Nutr 89.

or 200 g moringa leavesor 90 g pigeon peas

SpeciesVit C (mg/100 g)

Vit A (RE) (mg/100 g)

Iron (mg/100 g)

Calcium (mg/100 g)

Adansonia digitata 150-500 0.03-0.06 1.7 360

Grewia tenax N.A. N.A. 7.4 610

Tamarindus indica 3-9 0.01-0.06 0.7 260

Ziziphus mauritiana 70-165 0.07 1.0 40

Mango 28 0.04-0.4 0.1 10

Orange 51 0.07 0.2 54

Moringa leaves 164 0.74 6.1 434

Table 1: Nutrient contents of selected fruits.

• Fruits provide an easily

available source of micronutrients

Importance of fruits for Food & Nutrition security

Sources: Freedman (1998) Famine foods. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods; Fruits for the Future Series, ICUC; Fineli (http://www.fineli.fi/), etc.

Developing Fruit Tree Portfolios

The portfolio approach recommends the optimum number and

combination of ecologically suitable tree species to provide for

household food and nutrition gaps

Fruit tree diversity for improved nutrition & diets

English name Species name Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecTickberry Lantana camara Pawpaw Carica papaya Mango Mangifera indica Banana Musa x paradisiaca Loquat Eriobotrya japonica Mulberry Morus alba Tamarind Tamarindus indica Waterberry Syzygium spp. Custard apple Annona reticulata Guava Psidium guajava Pomegranate Punica granatum White sapote Casimiroa edulis Wild medlar Vangueria madagascariensis Lemon Citrus limon Orange Citrus sinensis Chocolate berry Vitex payos Avocado Persea americana Passionfruit Passiflora edulis Jacket plum Pappea capensis Desert date Balanites aegyptiaca Bush plum Carissa edulis

Available species 4 7 8 7 9 8 6 5 6 4 3 4

Hunger gap

Ripe fruits available year-round

Machakos baseline data (2014, EC Fruit Project, 300 house-holds, 4 Focus Group Discussions)

Provitamin A supply from diverse fruit trees

Species name Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec P.Vit ALantana camara Carica papaya +++Mangifera indica +++Musa x paradisiaca Eriobotrya japonica +++Morus alba Tamarindus indica Syzygium spp. +++Annona reticulata Psidium guajava +Punica granatum Casimiroa edulis Vangueria madagascariensis Citrus limon Citrus sinensis Vitex payos +++Persea americana Passiflora edulis +Pappea capensis Balanites aegyptiaca Carissa edulis Available species 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2

Hunger gap

Provitamin A-rich fruits available year-round

Species name Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Vit CLantana camara Carica papaya +Mangifera indica +Musa x paradisiaca Eriobotrya japonica Morus alba (+)Tamarindus indica Syzygium spp. Annona reticulata (+)Psidium guajava +++Punica granatum Casimiroa edulis (+)Vangueria madagascariensis Citrus limon +Citrus sinensis +Vitex payos Persea americana Passiflora edulis Pappea capensis Balanites aegyptiaca (+)Carissa edulis Available species 2 3 5 4 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2

Hunger gap

Vitamin C supply from diverse fruit trees

Vitamin C-rich fruits available year-round

English name Species name Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Vit C Vit ATickberry Lantana camara Pawpaw Carica papaya + +++Mango Mangifera indica + +++Banana Musa x paradisiaca Loquat Eriobotrya japonica +++

Mulberry Morus alba (+)Tamarind Tamarindus indica Waterberry Syzygium spp. +++Custard apple Annona reticulata (+)Guava Psidium guajava +++ +Pomegranate Punica granatum White sapote Casimiroa edulis (+)Wild medlar Vangueria madagascariensis Lemon Citrus limon +Orange Citrus sinensis +Chocolate berry Vitex payos +++Avocado Persea americana Passionfruit Passiflora edulis +Jacket plum Pappea capensis Desert date Balanites aegyptiaca (+)Bush plum Carissa edulis

Available species 2 4 6 4 4 5 4 2 3 1 2 2

Hunger gap

Fruit tree portfolio for vitamin supply

(Pro)vitamin A and C supply possible year-round

Cultivation of 8-13 fruit tree species on each farm

Frequency Mean abundanceEnglish name Species name Origin (plots with spp.) on farms with spp. RecommendationTickberry Lantana camaraPawpaw Carica papaya Exotic 65% 16 (commercial) increase frequencyMango Mangifera indica Exotic 92% 29 (commercial) check varietiesBanana Musa x paradisiacaLoquat Eriobotrya japonica Exotic 10% 4 promote

Mulberry Morus alba Exotic 24% 2 promoteTamarind Tamarindus indicaWaterberry Syzygium spp. Exot/indig. 23% 1.5 promoteCustard apple Annona reticulata Exotic 13% 2 promoteGuava Psidium guajava Exotic 31% 4 promotePomegranate Punica granatumWhite sapote Casimiroa edulis Exotic 19% 1.5 promoteWild medlar Vangueria madagascariensisLemon Citrus limon Exotic 50% 5 (commercial) increase frequencyOrange Citrus sinensis Exotic 39% 11 (commercial) increase frequencyChocolate berry Vitex payos Indig. 6% 6 promoteAvocado Persea americanaPassionfruit Passiflora edulis Exotic 14% 5 promoteJacket plum Pappea capensisDesert date Balanites aegyptiaca Indig. 18% 11 increase frequencyBush plum Carissa edulis

Fruit trees already on farms and gaps

Some species are not yet frequent or abundant on farms

Need to promote cultivation of certain species, particularly the indigenous spp.

• Harvest of different fruits possible year-round due to high species diversity filling the ‘hunger gap’ before harvest of staples

• Need to develop and disseminate location-specific fruit/food tree portfolios

• Awareness creation Ag+Nutrition

• Fruits provide an easily available source of micronutrients

Importance of fruits for F & N security

• Fruit trees more tolerant against droughts than annual crops food security, resilience, climate change adaptation

• High potential for income generation from sales of fresh and processed fruits, particularly for women

Photo: Lisa Jaeckering

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Nutritional Value of Indigenous fruits and nuts from Southern Africa

John DK Saka¹, Mangani Katundu¹, Simon Mng’omba² and Kahlenbeck Katja²

¹ UNIMA, Zomba, Malawi, ² ICRAF, Lilongwe/Nairobi

Fruits and nuts

Green Mangoes Adansonia digitata (Baobao)

P. curatellifolia fruits (Maula) Strychnos cocculoides fruits

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U.Kirkiana (Masuku)

Mongongo- a Tough nut

Food Security

• What does it mean?• Food security• “A situation that exists when all people, at all

times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” FAO

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Introduction

Fruits and nuts are critical for sustenance of human life, they provide food and nutrition security, health and economic welfare.

Indigenous fruits and nuts are:– sources of food nutrients– providing cash incomes through sale of fresh and or processed

products- Mango, nthudza, mpoza– Available throughout the year

Health benefits also derive from flavour compounds which have also other functional properties, antioxidative activity, antimicrobial activity and health-promoting functions.

Introduction (2)• Fruits and nuts play a significant role in human nutrition, especially as

sources of vitamins [C (ascorbic acid), A, thiamine (B1), niacin (B3), pyridoxine (B6), folacin (also known as folic acid or folate) (B9), E], minerals, and dietary fibre

• They contribute about 91% of vitamin C, 48% of vitamin A, 30% of folacin, 27% of vitamin B6, 17% of thiamine, and 15% of niacin in the U.S. diet.

• Tree nuts (such as almond, filbert, pecan, pistachio, and walnut) contribute about 5% of the per capita availability of proteins in the U.S. diet, and their proteins are of high quality based on essential amino acids.

• Nuts are a good source of essential fatty acids, fibre, vitamin E, and minerals: copper, iron zinc, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus.

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Nutritive constituents impacting on human health and their sources

Constituent Sources Potential effects on human-wellness

Vitamin C Fruits (Mango,Adansonia digitata)

Prevents scurvy, aids wound healing, health immune –system, cardiovascular diseases

Vit A Orange-flesh fruits

Night blindness prevention, chronic fatigue, heart disease, stroke, cataracts, psoriasis

Vitamin K Nuts Synthesis of pro-coagulant factors, osteoporosis

Vitamin E Nuts-almonds, cashew nuts, walnuts, peanuts

Heart diseases, immune system, diabetes, cancer


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Non-nutritive constituents beneficial to human health and their sources

Constituent Sources Potential effects on human-wellness

Carotenoids

Lycopene Papaya, guava, red grapefruit, berries

Cancer, heart diseases, male infertility

α-carotene Kiwifruit, prunes, mango, peaches, papaya

Tumor growth

β-carotene Apricots, mango cancer

Monoterpenes Citrus (grape fruit, tangerines)

cancer

Nutritional value of some indigenous fruits and nuts (/100 DM)

Fruit/Nut Source Vitamin C (mg) (A/µg)

Calorific value (kJ)

Protein (g)

Boabob Malawi 300-350 (21) 1480 3.1

Madagascar 60-138 2.5-6.3

Parinari curatellifolia Malawi 10.4 (357) 1517 3.0

Monkey orange Botswana 1.4

Malawi 22.9 (22) 1390 11.5

Macadamia nuts 852.7 2

Ziziphus mauritiana (Masau)

Malawi 13.6 (35) 1588 4.1

Vitex payos Mbeere, Kenya 26.3±4.9 1064.1±11.0(1445, Mw)

3.4±0.07

Sclerocarya birrea (nut)

Malawi (35) (30)

Botswana 65


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100 g Mangoes

• 100 g mangos contains – 60 kcal– Carbohydrates (15g; sugar 13.7 and fiber 1.6)– Fat, 0.38 g– Protein 0.82g– Vitamin A (54 microgram), thiamine, riboflavin ,

niacin , pantothenic acid, Vit C,– Minerals (Fe, Zn---)


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Dry matter, ash, pH and total soluble sugars of 10 Malawi mangoes

Variety Dry matter (%) Ash (%) pH TSS (%)

Tommy Atkins 17.3 15.7 4.66 ±0.03 16.5

Domasi 22.6 25.9 4.74 ±0.01 19.0

Ireen 16.6 20.7 4.52 ±0.07 20.9

Laisani 24.8 17.9 4.50 ±0.05 20.3

Nanadzi 24.9 5.84 4.13 ±0.02 30.1

Boloma (Lifa) 23.3 9.59 4.72 ±0.02 15.5

Kabaifa 16.9 19.4 3.77 ±0.02 14.4

Kanunkhira 28.8 11.2 4.65 ±0.02 15.1

Peach 17.3 14.1 4.82 ±0.03 16.9

Merica 26.2 10.3 4.25±0.05 19.8

Katondo 49.6 32.7 4.39±0.02 21.8


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Mineral Content of 10 Malawi mangoes (mg/kg DM)

Variety Fe Cu Ni Zn

Tommy Atkins 18.0 ±5.65 13.83± 0.14 0.92 ±0.30 3.00 ±0.00

Domasi 12.92 ±2.31 19.75± 0.25 0.42 ±0.14 3.50±0.00

Ireen 12.33 ±2.90 22.83± 0.63 0.92 ±0.30 1.33±0.05

Laisani 11.25 ±2.38 3.25± 0.25 1.17 ±0.14 2.25 ±0.00

Nanadzi 9.67 ±2.32 18.83± 0.14 0.25 ±0.00 3.17 ±0.14

Boloma (Lifa) 8.50 ±1.75 14.75± 0.25 0.17 ±0.14 3.42 ±14

Kabaifa 10.50 ±2.61 18.00± 0.25 0.25±0.00 2.75 ±0.00

Kanunkhira 8.42 ±1.89 32.3± 11.0 0.25 ±0.00 2.50 ±0.00

Peach 10.17 ±2.58 19.0± 0.25 0.58 ±0.38 18.25 ±0.25

Merica 24.42 ±6.68 4.92± 0.72 2.08 ±0.95 2.67 ±0.14

Katondo 10.25 ±3.07 20.08± 0.14 0.17 ±0.00 4.00 ±0.00


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Acknowledgements

• World Agroforestry Centre- SADC IF Domestication Programme

• ANAFE/Southern Africa RAFT


Food and Nutritional Security

• Food and nutrition security are fundamental challenges for human welfare and economic growth in Africa

• 200 million Africans are undernourished

• More than a third of African children are stunted due to malnutrition

• Food and nutritional security are closely tied to Agricultural/Agroforestry productivity

Key Bottleneck

Quality planting Material –

seeds and seedlings!

Enhancing productivity and resilience

1. Provision of recommendation domains for use of species and seed sources in degraded landscape restoration and productive small holder farming systems

2. Establishment of seed and seedling information and delivery systems

3. Mobilising and building the tree genetic resources of the future for multiple priority tree species to increase productivity (mitigation) and secure resilience (adaptation)

4. Marker assisted breeding (genomics but not GMOs)5. Building capacity of national restoration support units

(National tree genetic resource programmes)







Decision-support tools for species selection (the right tree for the right place)

Useful Tree Species for Africa VECEA

“ICRAF have a nifty new tool out called Useful Tree Species for Africa. I’ve been playing with it and I have to say it’s impressive” Luigi Guarino, http://agro.biodiver.se/

http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/English/outreach_publications/computerbased_tools/vegetation_climate_change_eastern_africa.aspx




VECEA: A higher resolution map for 7 countries in eastern Africa(Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia)










1. Provision of recommendation domains for use of species and seed sources in forest landscape restoration





Traditional and novel approaches to breeding for productivity and resilience

• Realized gains can be huge (Foster et al. 1995, Graudal et al. 2014b)

• Fast-track knowledge and materials: Quasi field trials, genomic tools and low-input breeding (Hansen & McKinney 2010, Kjær et al. 2006)

•

– Diversity Breeding - BSO

• Mobilisation of genetic resources, conservation, breeding, adaptability and deployment combined provides a solution







AFRICAN ORPHAN CROPS CONSORTIUMGENE JOURNEY

VISIONTo improve the nutritional content, productivity and climatic adaptability of some of Africa’s most important food crops;

providing a fundamental step in helping to eradicate chronic hunger, malnutrition and stunting in the children of Africa

2010-11 Conceptualization of AOCC- an uncommon public-private partnership under leadership of Mars, ICRAF, University of California, Davis (UCD) and The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki CEO NEPAD presented AOCC to African heads of state at an African Union Assembly and they voted to endorse the initiative

The Genomics Era: Sequencing RevolutionThe price to sequence a base (of the human genome) has fallen 100 million times. That’s the equivalent of you filling up your car with gas in 1998, waiting until 2011, and now you can drive to Jupiter and back twice.” — Richard Resnick (CEO – GenomeQuest)

A. Thaliana: First plant genome sequenced in 2000

Around 44 plant genomes have been sequenced and published

Potato, pepper, cucumber, papaya, banana

Rice, maize, chickpea, sorghum, pigeonpea, soybean, common bean, rape seed, cotton

Grape, poplar, apple, pear, peach, cocoa, eucalyptus

The African Plant Breeding Academy (AfPBA)

• Dec 3rd 2013: Opened at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

• Dec 2014: 1st batch of 25 breeders graduated

• 250 plant breeders and technicians will be trained over 5 years.

ICRAF Hosting AOCC Genomics Lab and AfPBA

The African Orphan Crops Consortiums Genomics Lab

• Dec 2013: Life Technologies donated instrumentation and lab establishment started

• Jan- Sept 2014: Lab set up; Staff was appointed (2 technical assistants, 1 scientist)

• December 2014: 1st species sent for whole genome sequencing to BGI, China

• February 2015: 1st re-sequenced genome of common bean at ICRAF

MEET THE Orphan CROPSThe 101 targeted crops are the home garden crops of rural Africa and a part of Africa’s agro-forestry systems

BAMBARA GROUNDNUT

High quality protein, iron, calcium,

potassium

High quality protein, micronutrients, iron,

zinc , Vit A

AFRICAN NIGHTSHADE

FINGER MILLET

High quality protein, methionine, calcium,

Vit A, B1, B2

SPIDER PLANT

Anti-oxidants, Beta carotene, calcium, iron,

Vit C

High quality fats, anti-oxidants, medicinal and

industrial use

SHEA TREE MORINGA

Miracle tree, Oleic acid, calcium, potassium, iron, copper, Vit A, C

UAPACA KIRKIANA

Low in fats, potassium, Vit C, high fiber, high

energy (sugar)

PASSION FRUIT

High fiber, iron, copper, magnesium, potassium,

Vit C, A

Activities: AOCC

Phenotypingdata

SNP Chip

Genotypingdata

Breeding and Field trialLab Resource Generation

Using Marker assisted breedingclimate adapted nutritious

high yielding varieties

Improving access to fruits for improved nutrition through better fruit orchard

management

By

Simon Mng’omba

15 April 2015

Presentation overview

• Importance of fruits

• Why low fruit production & consumption – southern Africa?

• Fruit orchard management based on tree growth

• Approaches to scale up IFTs

• Approaches to improve avocado productivity

• Conclusions

Fruits are good for our healthThey contain food nutrients

• vitamins (A, E & C)• Minerals (Iron, calcium)• Lipids (unsaturated, cholesterol free)• CHO (low sugar levels and sodium free)• Proteins• water

high in fibre good for digestionlow production cost – perennialSource of income

Introduction

There has been low fruit consumption in SA• 70 g per day (recommended 200 g per day)

Poor fruit tree management contributes to• alternate bearing/fruiting • seasonal fruiting (abundant during the rainy season)• high pest and disease infestation

Farmers harvest a few fruits per tree• good quality fruits are sold for income • undesirable fruits are eaten

Fruit production & consumption – southern Africa

Common management practices

For homestead/field fruit orchards:

(a) No irrigation/fertilizer/manure application

• Fruit trees are provided by nature

(b) Irrigation/fertilizer application without tree manipulation

• Limited knowledge on management based on tree growth

Management based on tree growth

Pawpaw, Banana, Pineapple

Yield: high, year round & steady

What can we do to improve yield?

• Improve growing conditions – Irrigation/fertilizer/manure

– Pest & disease control• Plant breeding

Avocado, mango, Uapaca, peach …

What can we do to improve yield?

• Balance between improving growing conditions &

• tree manipulation – e.g. pruning, vegetative propagation, fruit thinning

Yield: low, erratic & mostly seasonal

Tree Growth characteristics

Continuous Rhythmical

Managing IFTs - Uapaca fruit size and load

On-farm orchard• small fruit sizes• high fruit load

In the wild• high fruit load: 6000/tree• small fruit size

5 cm 10 cm 15 cm2.5

3

3.5

Fruit thinning spacing

Fruit

siz

e (

cm)

Thin fruits to improve fruit size

Scaling up model for IFTs

Some IFTs have long juvenile phase- discourages growers e.g. Uapaca (>15 years for un-grafted plants)

• Supply two species with short & long fruiting precocity

• Use grafted plants to reduce juvenile phase

0

10

20

30

2008 2009 2010

Time (years)

Fru

it yi

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(kg)

Fig 1a Grafted Uapaca Fig. 1 b Grafted Vangueria

Both species planted in 2004

2007 2008 2009 20100

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150

200

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kg)

93%

30%

32% 36% 89%76% 100%

Approaches to improve avocado productivity

1. Additional pollinators needed

Honeybees (beehives needed)

2. Harvest fruits when mature

Do not allow avocado fruits to ripe on a tree

3. Grow two types of avocado

‘A’ and ‘B’ cultivars

Conclusions

Good fruit orchard management improves

• Fruit yield (productivity)

• Fruit quality

• Fruit availability

• Planting more fruit trees is not enough to achieve food and nutrition security. We need better fruit orchard management

THANK YOU!!!

INTRODUCTION

MM (Operations) Limited, Which Is Known As Malawi Mangoes, Is A Company Which Has Been Operating In Salima District Since 2011. The Company Is Promoting Fruit Production, Processing And Marketing.

What is Malawi Mangoes?

Malawi Mangoes Goal

The goal of the company is to deliver positive development, both economically and in terms of general well-being, to the people of Malawi, through a financially viable and commercially driven business that promotes fruit production, processing and marketing of fruits and fruit products

OBJECTIVE

The objective is to promote fruit production, processing and marketing to contribute to the country’s economic growth and development to improve the lives of Malawians while remaining economically viable.

CURRRENT OPERATIONS

1. Malawi Mangoes is based in Salima and has been operating in the District since 2011.

2. At present the company is producing bananas and mangoes, but has plans to include other fruit crops.

3. The company has two arms of operation

CURRRENT OPERATIONS

4. Malawi Mangoes has its own farms which are growing bananas and mangoes.

5. The company operates two farms – 68 hectares at Matumba village and 200 hectares at Dzuwa village

6. Malawi Mangoes also has smallholder farmers’ outreach programme which assists 5000 smallholder farmers to grow mangoes.

CURRRENT OPERATIONS

6. The company is now producing bananas and gets mango fruits from smallholder producers

7. Once harvested, the fruits are processed at our state of the art facility constructed in Salima pulp or purée.

8. We then export the resulting product to regional and international fruit drinks manufacturers.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

1. The outreach programme has registered 4880 smallholder mango farmers farmers from the 10 Traditional Areas of Salima district.

2. A total of 37779 old mango trees have been cutback for top working or grafting.

3. 17044 of the cutback mango trees have successfully been grafted and are ready to flower and fruit.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

4. At present, the outreach programme which supports smallholder farmers has registered 4880 mango farmers from the 10 Traditional Areas of the district.

5. A total of 37779 old mango trees have been cutback for top working or grafting.

6. 17044 of the cutback mango trees have successfully been grafted and are ready to flower and fruit.

7. Farmers who have land sizes are provided with mango seedlings to establish new plantations.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

5. One company has 203 hectares of bananas and 56 hectares of mangoes on its farms.

6. A multi-million dollar processing plant or factory has been built and is now fully operational.

7. The factoryh was commissioned in 2014 on 22nd April, 2014 by the former President, Dr. Joyce Banda. Fruit processing started in 2014.

8. 90 metric tons of pulp has been exported to Europe and South Africa so far

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

9. The company has employed 50 people in the field of agriculture from PhD to

Diploma level, 43 people in the factory and 27 in administration, management and accounting .

10.A total of 514 permanent labourers are employed at the farms and during peak labour periods an additional 800 workers are employed to assist with different farm operations.

11.The company has constructed all season roads to the farm which has opened up the area to communities

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

12.The company has brought Airtel communication system to the area and people are able to communicate through cell phones

13.Electricity system has also been brought to the villages where those who can afford can access power fort their homes

FUTURE PLANS

1. Malawi Mangoes looks forward to expanding production by involving smallholder farmers in irrigated banana production schemes.

2. The next step is the development of another farm called NyuNyu farm which has just recently been acquired.

3. Hep smalllder farmers develop commercial farms known as incubator farms.

TISSUE CULTURE BANANA SEEDLINGS

GRAFTING OR TOP-WORKING

GRAFTED MANGO TREE

FRUITING MANGO VARIETY TOMMY ATKINS

MALAWI MANGOES FACTORY

BANANA PLANTATION

Environment

Fruit trees for improved nutrition and livelihoods