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 nutrition
Stepha McMullin,
Katja Kehlenbeck & Ramni Jamnadass
World 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
2000
2000-2030 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 RDA
Carbohydrate 130g
Dietary Fiber 25g
Linoleic Acid 12g
Alpha-Linolenic
Acid 1g
Protein 47g
Vitamins = 14 RDA
Vitamin A 500µg RE
Vitamin 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 RDA
Calcium 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 diets
or 50 g cassava leaves
or 70 g moringa leaves
or 9 g red palm oil
or 90 g butternut
or 125 g mango (orange)
or 60 g sesame seeds
or 70 g Grewia tenax
fruits
or 20 g guava
or 20 g baobab pulp
or 80 g mango
High agro-biodiversity = diverse, balanced diets
Food 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 90 g pigeon peas

Species
Vit 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 Dec
Tickberry 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 A
Lantana 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
Hunger gap
 Provitamin
A-rich fruits
available
year-round

Species name Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Vit C
Lantana 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
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 A
Pawpaw Carica papaya + +++
Mango Mangifera indica + +++
Loquat Eriobotrya japonica +++
Mulberry Morus alba (+)
Waterberry Syzygium spp. +++
Custard apple Annona reticulata (+)
Guava Psidium guajava +++ +
White sapote Casimiroa edulis (+)
Lemon Citrus limon +
Orange Citrus sinensis +
Chocolate berry Vitex payos +++
Passionfruit Passiflora edulis +
Desert date Balanites aegyptiaca (+)
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 abundance
English name Species name Origin (plots with spp.) on farms with spp. Recommendation
Pawpaw Carica papaya Exotic 65% 16 (commercial)  increase frequency
Mango Mangifera indica Exotic 92% 29 (commercial)  check varieties
Loquat Eriobotrya japonica Exotic 10% 4  promote
Mulberry Morus alba Exotic 24% 2  promote
Waterberry Syzygium spp. Exot/indig. 23% 1.5  promote
Custard apple Annona reticulata Exotic 13% 2  promote
Guava Psidium guajava Exotic 31% 4  promote
White sapote Casimiroa edulis Exotic 19% 1.5  promote
Lemon Citrus limon Exotic 50% 5 (commercial)  increase frequency
Orange Citrus sinensis Exotic 39% 11 (commercial)  increase frequency
Chocolate berry Vitex payos Indig. 6% 6  promote
Passionfruit Passiflora edulis Exotic 14% 5  promote
Desert date Balanites aegyptiaca Indig. 18% 11  increase frequency
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

Beating Famine Conference, 14-17 April, 2015, BICC, Lilongwe
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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,Adanson
ia 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

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
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)

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 CONSORTIUM
GENE JOURNEY
VISION
To 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 Revolution
The 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
micronutrients, iron,
zinc , Vit A
AFRICAN
NIGHTSHADE
FINGER
MILLET
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
Phenotyping
data
SNP Chip
Genotyping
data
Breeding and Field trialLab Resource Generation
Using Marker assisted breeding
climate 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 health
They 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 digestion
low production cost – perennial
Source 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
2.5
3
3.5
5 cm 10 cm 15 cm
Fruitsize(cm)
Fruit thinning spacing
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)
Fruityield(kg)
Fig 1a Grafted Uapaca Fig. 1 b Grafted Vangueria
Both species planted in 2004
0
50
100
150
200
2007 2008 2009 2010
Totalfruityiled(kg)
Time (years)
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

I N T R O D U C T I O N
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

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