Agro-ecological conditions

Study area

Mukono

Nebbi

Climate

Purely tropical [20] [21]

Dry and sub-humid tropical [22]

Altitute

1178 m [20]

1015 m [22]

Mean annual temperature

21˚C [20]

26˚C [22]

Mean annual rainfall

1600 mm [20]

800 mm [22]

Rainfall periods

March-May and September-December [20]

March-May and July-October [22]

Soils

Ferrisols [23]

Vertisols [23]