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Our company started trading in 1998 under the name of ME Enterprise Ltd and in early 2002 changed to BioUganda. We began exporting ethnic products such as matooke, sugarcane, doohi, chilli, hot pepper and a number of Asian vegetables to the European market. We then realised the high demand for quality organic products from the naturally fertile soils of Africa.

Uganda’s unique climate
Uganda has a wide range of conditions from flat dry plains to lush hill sides suitable for tropical organic fruits and vegetables. Uganda is famous for the natural fertility of its soils. Since these have not been degraded by intensive farming and fertiliser use, yields are high with excellent quality.

Organic fresh and dried produce
The pick of the crop is chosen from the best of our organic growers,graded and packed at the peak of freshness to reach our customers in perfect condition. New products are under development, using indoor indirect solar drying technology: dried Pineapple, dried Apple, dried Bananas, dried Papaya, dried Mango, dried Ginger.

Our company, AMFRI FARMS LTD also known as AFRICAN ORGANIC, located in Kampala, Uganda is the largest exporter of organic fruits and vegetables and these include:

Fresh Fruits

Pineapples, Apple bananas, Passion fruits, Papaya, Mangoes, Avocadoes, Ginger, Jack fruit and Pulp

Dried Fruits

Pineapples, Apple bananas, Jack fruit, Mangoes, Papaya, Cured Vanilla

One of the main objectives of NOGAMU is to promote local and export marketing of organic products from Uganda . To achieve this objective, a number of services have been developed.

Market linkages

At the local level, NOGAMU mobilizes small holder farmers into groups, focuses them towards particular enterprises and equips them with the necessary skills and knowledge to allow sufficient production for marketing. NOGAMU then identifies suitable markets for these groups in form of local organic outlets, supermarkets, local exporters, schools, other traders and markets, and links them to these markets.

Exclusive local organic outlets continue to be established in partnership with member organizations to serve as marketing points for small holder farmers’ groups in the respective localities but also bring organic products closer to consumers.  Shop Organic Ltd is  located at Kabalagala  and in Jinja now being supplied by over 60 farmers groups countrywide, with a range of fresh and processed organic products.

At the International level, NOGAMU assists local organic exporters to be linked to importers of organic products from various international markets. This is done through profiling the export companies and identifying appropriate import companies to which the former could be linked. NOGAMU normally initiates and monitors this linkage until the first order has been placed by providing appropriate information and support to both the export and importing companies.

Market information services

NOGAMU has established an Organic Trade Point (OTP) to serve as a one stop centre for organic market information and related enquiries to local farmers and exporters as well as importers looking for organic products from Uganda . The OTP is equipped with modern communication facilities including 24 hour fast internet connection and has links to major international market information portals. The OTP has developed market profiles regarding specific export destinations for use by existing and potential exporters. It also runs a data base which serves as a focal point for market linkages, captures information on organic export companies, volumes and supply capacity, seasonality of products and information on packaging. Member companies and producer organizations can access the internet at the OTP for market related information at a subsidized fee and the general public can also access the same services at an additional but affordable fee. For more information on the OTP services, contact the OTP officer at organictradepoint@nogamu.org.ug

Organic market promotion

NOGAMU undertakes the promotion of Uganda ‘s organic products at the local, regional and international markets. At the International level, NOGAMU assists and works with the organic export companies and arranges the promotion of their products to international buyers. This is done mainly through arranging participation in international trade fairs such as Biofach in Germany , the All Things Organic show in USA and the Middle East Natural and Organic products Expo.

NOGAMU also collaborates with the Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB) and Uganda ‘s Foreign Mission in promoting Uganda ‘s Organic products to international buyers. In the recent past NOGAMU has collaborated with the International Trade Centre (ITC) to bring international buyers to Uganda on a tour aimed at bringing more visibility of Uganda ‘s organic companies and products. NOGAMU also continues to collaborate with the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) and other International Agencies in promoting Uganda ‘s organic products.

At the local and regional level, NOGAMU organizes participation in trade fairs and other events where information and products from member companies and producer associations are show cased. In all promotional events, NOGAMU assists in the mobilization, preparation of relevant products and information and also offers technical and organization back stopping to participating companies and producer groups.

Omukwano, “friendship” in Luganda, is the name given to the partnership between Caffè River (EU) and NUCAFE (Uganda) and, at the same time, of the coffee produced under such an agreement.

Omukwano represents the effort of people in different countries to overcome the hurdles that create a heavy burden to the weaker link of the chain, the farmers, and at the same time to produce a much better quality of coffee.

The Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF) is registered as a non-profit company, limited by guarantee. Its membership include coffee exporters, coffee processors, farmers, companies that supply equipment and supplies to coffee exporters and processors, clearing and forwarding companies, insurance companies, banks and international coffee trading houses in Europe

Established by the late Jack Bigirwa, former NUCAFE’ chairman, and currently run by his son Sonny, Mountain View Farm is one among the few producers of washed robusta coffee in Uganda. It will process the coffee both of its own plantation and of the neighbouring small farmers.

The farmers around Mount View Farm, contract the services of the wet mill to process and dry their coffee, there after the farmers pay the mill for the services rendered. The mill also acts as a bulking place for those farmers who have wet processed their coffee. Those farmers who are in need immediate cash for their coffee, the farm usually buys their coffee, both wet ready and sorted red cherries and also the dry wet processed beans. The farm does this so that the farmer is not cheated or mix his or her quality coffee with the other coffees from the neighbouring coffee mill, and also ensure that the farmer is not cheated by the middleman in terms of price. Those who can hold on their coffee usually bulk their coffee with the farm and then its sold in bulk and uniform quality with quantifiable volumes to an exporter who is usually select by NUCAFE’s Production and Marketing Manager who is willing to pay a premium, above the prevailing wet processed robusta prices.

The farm also acts as a training point for the neighbouring associations like Kyangyenyi and Kigarama, where farmers come and get trained in good agricultural, harvesting and post harvesting handling practices. It also has a demonstration plot, a mother garden and coffee nursery where farmers in the vicinity come and buy coffee seedlings at reduced prices. The Manager says that this also helps to ensure that the wet mill will continue to have quality coffee for processing for the farmers in the future, with traceable quality.

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The Association is located in Masaka district, 2 Km from Masaka town, just below Bwala Hill covering the whole of Buwunga Sub County. The location of the association puts it in a precarious situation, the soils are rocky, and others are highly sandy, making the soils really unfavorable for agricultural production, despite these challenges the farmers in this area have tamed the soils, through the use of organic manures and good agricultural practices. It was the chairman Mr. Waswa Batte who had the idea of promoting Buwunga CFA, as he overheard a conversation about a union of coffee farmers while he was travelling on a minibus directed to Kampala. He got information from fellow travelers, gathered the farmers, all of them met NUCAFE’s executive director and successfully started the association.

Due to high water loses as a result of low water retention capacity of the soils, Buwunga CFA manages an ongoing program to train farmers to practice water harvesting and water conservation practices. A replanting program with two coffee nurseries is intended to reinstate the area among the most important producers in the district. In addition, the gender equality program by NUCAFE appears to have worked extremely well in the improvement of the livelihoods of coffee farm families, with more and more women going with their men during the bulking of coffee.

Bunjakko CFA was formed in 2008, and later registered by the Registrar of Companies in 2009. Since it’s a newly formed association its membership is still at a minimal, in that it has only 11 groups but still expanding in growth.
Bunjakko CFA is at one point very unique in such a way that, the coffee here is 100% organic, though not certified, the soils in this region are rich in nutrients, a low prevalence of pests and diseases easily managed with local and traditional herbs. The quality of the coffee is excellent where by the grades are excellent because the coffee is grown largely under forest cover of shade, giving the beans an extra time to mature, and attain intrinsic characteristics that cannot be found anywhere in the country. Bunjakko CFA through the support of DANIDA -ASPS through NUCAFE have acquired and established a self-sustaining coffee capable of producing One Hundred thousand (100000) coffee seedlings per year or more. Seedlings are marketed to members of the association at reduced prices to drive an increase on the quantity of coffee in the association and also on the quality of the beans that are produced by the members. Shade tree seedlings are supplied cost-free to whoever has purchased coffee seedlings in order to boost shade grown coffee, and also to increase soil fertility and nutrient recycling with minimum use of artificial fertilizers.
The Gender Equality Program has boosted family income to great heights in Bunjakko; in particular, over eight (8) households have managed to purchase themselves motorcycles that aid in transportation and mobilization of farmers during trainings.

This association roasts coffee