{"id":3639,"date":"2022-02-08T19:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2022-02-10T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:32:57","slug":"banana-propagation-jiffy-pellets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/solucoes\/banana-propagation-jiffy-pellets\/","title":{"rendered":"Jiffy Propagation Pellets for Banana Cultivation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The banana is the world\u2019s most popular fruit and Tanzania is one of its largest producers. The East African country grows nearly 750,000 ha of the delicious, but disease-prone fruit. Banana \u2018trees\u2019 are actually shrubs that need to be replaced once they have fruited. And they grow all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-introducing-tissue-culture-propagation-in-tanzania\">Introducing tissue culture propagation in Tanzania<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all Tanzanian banana farmers use the traditional propagation method: taking shoots from a mother plant and growing them in poly bags. Now Jiffy customer Maua Mazuri is evolving the local market for young trees with banana propagation pellets from Jiffy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maua Mazuri produces Cavendish seedlings \u2013 the most commercialized variety globally \u2013 using tissue culture propagation from the meristem. \u201cEven 1% of the market would give us plenty of work!\u201d laughs Jan Beukema, Director of Maua Mazuri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method offers many advantages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The tissue culture seedlings offer several advantages over poly bag-grown plants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They\u2019re disease-free<\/li><li>They mature earlier<\/li><li>Yields are higher<\/li><li>They reach maturity at the same time, reducing labor costs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One main downside<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So why doesn\u2019t everyone use the in-vitro tissue culture method? \u201cIt\u2019s a complex, expensive process,\u201d explains Jan. Most banana growers are smallholder farmers, with under two hectares of land. They don\u2019t have the financial resources to invest in it. But they can buy seedlings grown by businesses like Maua Mazuri. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backed by impact investors, Maua Mazuri provides small, medium, and large African farmers with inputs as well as digital support, so that they can build thriving banana businesses. It\u2019s based out of the town of Moshi, near Kilimanjaro. Bananas grow best in tropical mountain ranges like these, and the area is dotted with plantations of the familiar shaggy \u2018trees\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winning customers: Social media and farm tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tanzanian farmers tend to be conservative, so training is crucial to winning customers for the two-year-old lab. As well as regularly updating its social media accounts, Maua Mazuri approaches farmer groups through churches and the government\u2019s District Agricultural Officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe farmers are used to working with large shoots and worry that our small seedlings are too fragile to be planted. They\u2019re also very suspicious of genetic manipulation. We bring them to our demo farm to prove that we don\u2019t use GMO and to show them what a uniform crop could look like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maua Mazuri\u2019s first trial: 7Cs offer better value<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maua Mazuri was introduced to Jiffy products by MEDA Rapid Banana, a program funded by the Gates Foundation to stimulate sales of East African highland bananas. After talking to MEDA, Maua Mazuri decided to run a small trial of 30,000 Jiffy Pellets. What is the best pellet for banana propagation? They decided on the 50x 60mm 7C coir pellets and 45-cavity trays. Jan spoke with Ganga Wijayawardane, Jiffy\u2019s Regional Sales Manager Africa, and Jiffy\u2019s product experts in the Netherlands at the beginning of the process. MEDA also shared videos from India, the world\u2019s leading banana producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Maua Mazuri ran a total value chain cost assessment comparing polybags with the 7Cs, it found that the pellets were better value despite the higher upfront costs, thanks to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>International potential: Export seedlings must be soil-free<\/li><li>Reduced need for fertilizer<\/li><li>Easier transplantation<\/li><li>Lower transport costs: More seedlings per box<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTransport is a key factor,\u201d confirms Jan. \u201cIt\u2019s expensive here due to poor infrastructure. So the size of the Jiffy propagation pellets represents great savings. We\u2019re also very happy that they\u2019re organic and don\u2019t leave plastic bags in the soil.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Jan and his colleagues are in the second phase of the trial \u2013 360,000 pellets. Maua Mazuri still uses poly bags for two-thirds of its seedlings. \u201cWe\u2019ve found the pellets work well for orders, but less well for plants grown on spec. Once the roots have grown to a certain stage, the seedlings must be transplanted to keep doing well. We may try the larger pellets in future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Jiffy Propagation Pellets for Banana Cultivation\" class=\"wp-image-3694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/jiffygroup.com\/pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Tanzania-web3.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jiffy Propagation Pellets for Banana Cultivation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The next step: More countries, more crops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Maua Mazuri is eyeing expansion. Like exports to other East African countries through partnerships with local nurseries. A Ugandan customer is currently trialing Mazuri seedlings grown in Jiffy-7Cs, a type of banana cultivation pellets with coir ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya is another promising market. \u201cKenyan farmers are prepared to invest money in innovation, so we\u2019ll be starting there in 2022.\u201d He adds: \u201cNow that we\u2019re familiar with bananas, we can start offering other tissue culture cultivars like cassava, sweet potato, and pineapple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAbove all, we want what\u2019s best for the world and for our farmers. Clean genetics and high-quality plant material are a real step forward in terms of yields.\u201d<\/p><cite>Jan Harm<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzanian banana farmers use traditional propagation methods. 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