Agroforestry and Management of Trees in Bunya County, Mayuge District, Uganda

Table 8

Constraints to tree growing.

Constraints	Frequency
Pests, mostly termites and rarely moles (Nfuko)	45
Drought	42
Lack of land	19
Tree diseases (coffee, oranges, and avocado are mostly affected)	9
Lack of seeds and seedlings	9
Lack of funds to purchase inputs, for example, fertilizers	8
Limited labour	6
Domestic animals	4
Destruction or theft of seedlings	4
Lack of market for tree products	2
Government ban to stop people from cutting their own trees	1
Some trees, for example, Mvule, cannot be intercropped with other crops	1