Description: a global platform bringing together stakeholders in the coffee sector to address sustainability issues.

Contact Person: Ysakor Hailesselassie Hailu, Country Representative. Mob: +256 756 080 402. Email: selassie@agriterra.org.

Contact Person: Jasper Spikker, Regional Manager. Email: uganda@agriterra.org.

Established: in 1997 by the Dutch farmer organizations like ZLTO, LTO, NCR among others.

Partners: Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) and Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC).

Networking events: Harvest Money Expo.

Target market: Cooperatives

Interest: To network with development partners

Description: Agriterra is an Agri agency that provides high quality hands-on advice, training and exchange services to cooperatives and farmer organizations with an aim to improve the socio-economic conditions of the people in the rural areas.

Contact Person: Executive Director.

Contact Person: Mugenyi Musenze Robert, Ssenkulu (C.E.O). Mob: +256 752 612 516.

Contact Person: Sarah Nansubuga, Finance and Administration Officer. Mob: +256 703 642 480.

Twitter: @bucadef

Facebook: @bucadef

YouTube: BUCADEF

Product Brand: Emmwanyi Yaffe

Established in: 1997

Membership: Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), Uganda Small and Medium Enterprises Association (USSMEA), Uganda Association
of Private Vocational Institutions (UGAPRIVI) and Uganda Larges Scale Farmers Association (ULFA) among others.

Partnership with: Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries and Private Sector Foundation Uganda.

Networking Events: Uganda Coffee Day, Uganda Coffee Breakfasts, National Coffee Steering Committees and Uganda Trade Portal Development.

Interests: Access global market and increase visibility of the locally produced coffee and cocoa in Uganda.

Description: Through the Mmwanyi Terimba Programme, BUCADEF has been able to increase coffee production in the 26 Buganda Region Districts to 35% in 7 years. Cocoa has not been vibrant, however, now that the cocoa sector is getting amalgamated with UCDA, BUCADEF is also strategizing to get the cocoa producers publicized. BUCADEF is collaborating with selected Kiboko mills to bulk and process organized farmers’ coffee for value addition. BUCADEF is also into specialty coffee market, currently BUCADEF has groups of farmers wet-processing their coffee to meet the demands of specialty coffee market. The coffee that BUCADEF collects from the farmers is graded and marketed for its quantity and quality. BUCADEF has also ventured into roasting and has introduced Emmwanyi Yaffe coffee brand on the market to meet the growing demand of roast and ground coffee as well as to promote domestic coffee consumption.

GPS Coordinates: 0.32138, 32.61264.

Contact Person: Samson Emong, Operations Manager. Mob: +256 788 703 915. Email: se@cafeafrica.org.

Description: supports the identification of national coffee sector strategies and their implementation along with the major coffee stakeholders.

GPS Coordinates: 0.34868, 32.68928.
Office Branch: Kabanyolo, Gayaza, Wakiso.
Email: curad.curad@gmail.com.

Contact Person: Apollo Ssegawa, Managing Director. Mob: +256 787 984 028. Email: asegawa@curadincubator.org

Description: CURAD hosts incubates who are involved in processing and roasting of the locally produced coffee.

Description: research development organization within agricultural sector including coffee.

Contact Person: Doreen Rweihangwe, President. Email: doreen.rweihangwe@ugandacoffee.co.ug

Contact Person: Rebecca Kisolo, Vice President. Email: rebeccakisolo@gmail.com.

Description: empowers women to participate in the coffee production chain so as to increase their household incomes and improve their livelihoods

GPS Coordinates: 0.18882, 30.09361.

Twitter: @kiimafoods.

Facebook: @kiimafoods.

Contact Person: Baita Francis, Director. Mob: +256 772 382 498. Email: kulebaita@gmail.com

Contact Person: Muhindo Edith, Deputy Director. Mob: +256 774 802 690. Email: muhindo0edith@gmail.com

Contact Person: Thembo Charles, NBS Field Project Officer. Mob: +256 783 907 115.

Founded: 1995.

Partners: NOGAMU, KRC and SATNET.

Current projects (2022): 5-year MoU  with Kasese District Local Government in monitoring the activities implemented in the district; InnovateUK for minigrid solar panel project; WWF- nature based solutions project.

Interest: Network with local and international stakeholders, donors, partners and collaborators.

Description: Support organized registered primary cooperatives to grow into unions within coffee, maize and beans.

Description: supports coffee and cocoa value chain farmers in Uganda in partnership with Rwenzori Farmers’ Cooperative Union (RFCU).

Contact Person: Leopold Mumbere, Regional Coffee and Cocoa Director in East Africa. Mob: +243990 956 184. Email: leopold.mumbere@rikolto.org

Contact Person: Stan Lietaer, Coffee and Cocoa Business Development (Uganda). Email: stan.lietaer@rikolto.org.

Established in: 1958 under the name “Vredeseilenanden” in Belgium and since 1995 in Uganda under the name “VECO”.

Award: VUFO’s Certificate of Merit in 2021 (https://vietnam.rikolto.org/en/news/rikolto-awarded-vufos-certificate-merit-2021)

Membership: Beyond Chocolate.

Partnership: Belgian Government, European Union, NAAC, AMEA, SHONA, DOEN foundation, Kyaninga Forest Foundation, SWT e.t.c.

Target beneficiaries: Smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers in Western Uganda (Albertine rift area).

Interest: To link up with all the relevant actors in coffee and cocoa, to see what is possible to contribute to sustainable growth in both value chains.

Description: Rikolto is an International NGO supporting smallholder farmers in different agricultural value chains,  including coffee and cocoa. In the region, we have experience in both crops in DRC, and are looking to start up activities in Uganda. Rikolto uses a holistic agroforestry approach, making the smallholder farmer a valuable and resilient part of the value chain. We strengthen their linkage to markets and financial services, while applying Inclusive Business principles. Resilience requires a focus on food security, climate change mitigation and financial literacy.

Contact: East & Central Africa office, Kenya.

Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) Ltd is an umbrella organization for all cooperatives in Uganda established in 1961. It serves as the voice of the cooperative movement at both national and international level with a mandate to recommend to government on matters of policy relating to cooperatives arbitration (settlement of disputes) advocate.