About AFCA The African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) is a member-based, non-profit organisation founded in July 2000 and headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. AFCA represents a broad spectrum of the African coffee sector, including producers, traders, governments, and supporting organisations across 11 member countries—Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, […]
Type Steun: Financial support
Empowering Women Cocoa Producers : TDC’s Collaboration with Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) is a leading cooperative in Ghana, committed to empowering cocoa farmers via sustainable farming methods and extensive support services. The cooperative prioritises environmental protection, gender equality, and socio-economic advancement to enhance rural livelihoods within Ghana’s cocoa industry. Key […]
Background information Plutus Coffee Group, founded in 2021, is the brainchild of Johannes De Heer, whose 40 years in the coffee business shaped its direct and practical mission: to get local farmer groups ready for successful international exports. To make this happen, Plutus provides a wide array of support. They offer market intelligence, hands-on agricultural […]
Balandiza Kimeze Bukulula Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited (BBFCS) has been in existence since the year 2020. BBFCS is a cooperative society located in Uganda, currently composed of 32 employees and 553 members. A member must be a coffee farmer (owning, on average, three-quarters of an acre of land), resident in the Kalungu district, willing to […]
La coopérative Cacao Okapi a été créée en octobre 2019 et compte à ce jour 431 producteurs. Elle est chargée de l’encadrement des producteurs dans la production de cacao de qualité qui respecte durablement l’environnement. Elle partage la vision d’une production durable respectueuse de l’environnement, en conformité avec le RDUE, le règlement de l’Union européenne […]
Fair Trade Africa (FTA), a member of the International Fair Trade movement, has been representing Fair Trade certified producers (over 1 050 000) in Africa (across 33 countries) and the Middle East since its establishment in 2005. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the organization also works via other offices in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Malawi and […]
Linking Ugandan farmers to the organic and fair trade markets Everyone who has visited Uganda agrees that its fruit and vegetables are delicious and of superior quality. However, the farmers who grow them barely make enough money to provide for their families. For this reason, the Trade for Development Centre partnered with NOGAMU, the National Organic Agricultural […]
On the slopes of Mount Ndali, close to Rwanda and Congo, a British major developed Ndali Estate into a major tea plantation. In the 1970s, the estate was confiscated by Idi Amin Dada’s militia but was returned twenty years later to a grandniece who soon associated with the local farmers. 1,200 farmers joined forces in the Mubuku Vanilla Farmers Association (recently […]
Mainly made up of small producers, Kibinge was founded in 1995 by coffee farmers in the Masaka region (south of Uganda). They seek to provide technical services in agricultural production, gender integration, poverty eradication, value addition and market access to complement the Uganda governmental programmes. By providing services directly linked to coffee production and sales to its members (processing, certification, transport, marketing, etc.), Kibinge has remained true […]
L’Association pour le Maintien de l’Agriculture Paysanne AMAP Bénin, « Les Nouveaux Paysans Bio », est une association de producteurs de fruits et légumes qui fournit un soutien dans la production et la distribution des produits fermiers BIO en circuit court auprès de ses plus de 195 producteurs membres. AMAP Bénin met directement en relation […]
