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Figure 15a: Table showing Agro-ecological zones of Uganda (continued to next page)
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Agro-Ecological
Rainfall
Minimum Altitude Dominant Soils
Farming system Photograph
Zone
(mm)
Temp
0
C (M)
1 West Nile Farmlands 900-1500 10
800-1800 Acric Ferralsols (696)
Annual crops
Leptosols (2470)
and cattle
Petric Plinthosols (1157)
2 Northwestern
700-1700 10
500-1500 Acric Ferralsols (3043)
Annual crops
Farmlands-Wooded
Arenosols (2260)
and cattle
Savannah
Calcisols (116)
Gleysols (51)
Leptosols (11238)
Lixic Ferralsols (1588)
Petric Plinthosols (567)
Vertisols (1560)
3 Northern Moist
700-1700 15
1000-1200 Acric Ferralsols (5580)
Annual crops
Farmlands
Arenosols (285)
and cattle
Eutric Regosols (961)
Gleysols (3113)
Leptosols (1614)
Lixic Ferralsols (982)
Petric Plinthosols (10689)
Vertisols (2718)
4 Northeastern-Central 700-1500 15
900-2500 Arenosols (1120)
Annual crops
Grass-Bush-Farmlands
Eutric Regosols (4023)
and cattle
Gleysols (1217)
Leptosols (3971)
Lixic Ferralsols (2577)
Petric Plinthosols (3883)
Vertisols (2058)
5 Northeastern
300-1300 12
900-3000 Acric Ferralsols (424)
Mainly pastoral
Semi-arid Short
Arenosols (127)
with a few
Grass Plain
Eutric Regosols (2,661)
annual crops
Gleysols (3,409)
Leptosols (2,721)
Lixic Ferralsols (5,354)
Luvisols (1,481)
Nitisols (283)
Petric Plinthosols (1,028)
Vertisols (12,001)
6 Western Mid-Altitude 500-1700 10
700-1600 Acric Ferralsols (10706)
Banana, millet,
Farmlands and
Arenosols (50)
cotton, coffee,
Semliki Flats
Calcisols (89)
and cattle
Dystric Regosols (1369)
Gleysols (1907)
Leptic/Skeletic
Andosols (1167)
Leptosols (178)
Lixic Ferralsols (181)
Luvisols (771)
Petric Plinthosols (978)
Vertisols (595)
7 Central Wooded
700-1300 15
900-1300 Acric Ferralsols (1591)
Banana, millet,
Savannah
Arenosols (375)
cotton, coffee,
Gleysols (3398)
and cattle
Leptosols (6)
Petric Plinthosols (5751)