Programme
Complete
Increasing market-orientated production of Arabica coffee together
Country
Uganda
Running from
2021-2023
People reached
40,034
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Boost youth employment
Connect farmers to markets
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This project helped western Uganda upgrade its coffee value chain with a focus on delivering increased volumes of sustainably produced, quality Arabica coffee to premium export markets and including smallholder farmers in the value chain.
Farm Africa worked with the Ugandan coffee processor and exporter, UGACOF, to reduce losses during production, harvest and post-harvest handling; expand marketing opportunities for smallholder farmers and help them diversify into higher value export markets.
The project helped farmers deliver a consistent supply of quality coffee cherries to UGACOF who marketed the produce to European Union, and African, Caribbean and Pacific roasters.
UGACOF and Farm Africa drew on their past experience with smallholder farmers in the Rwenzori and Kigezi sub-regions to design this project.
The project was co-funded by the European Union and UGACOF, a leading coffee processor and exporter in Uganda.
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Country
Uganda
Key focus areas
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Sustainable coffee production in Kanungu, Uganda
Factsheet on sustainable coffee production in Kanungu, Uganda, which explores how by working in a sustainable way, smallholder farmers can generate good yields of high-quality coffee that fetch a good price for many generations to come. Farm Africa’s coffee project in Kanungu was co-funded by the European Union.
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Country
Uganda
Key focus areas
Protect ecosystems
Strengthen food systems
Country
Uganda
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women
Women’s economic empowerment in the coffee value chain in Kanungu district, Uganda
In September 2019, Farm Africa launched a project in Kanungu district aimed at empowering women in the coffee value chain. The project worked with communities to increase the incomes of 2,640 women coffee producers, strengthen their household decision-making power and increase access to resources, enhance the capacity of CGCs to ensure women can leverage market opportunities while also engaging local stakeholders to recognise and reward women’s participation within the coffee value chain.
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Country
Uganda
Key focus areas
Boost productivity
Connect farmers to markets
Empower women