Mt. RCC

“Adopted the utilization of insurance for our small holder farmers/members in the event that at the end of the season, production is affected by drought or natural calamities. Farmers have been linked to financial service providers e.g.  76 members were linked with OKO Finance limited, based in Kampala for crop insurance.”

Fred Ssembera – Buzaaya Growers

“The other trainings on Marketing especially, help me gain valuable knowledge. I was recently given the opportunity to present at a radio station on the nature of cooperatives. I comfortably taught people on the elements of a marketing mix, demand and supply and Quality for a better price. All this knowledge was because of ADCs training.”

Cindrella Opio – Yot Kom En Tic Farmer Group

“From the training, we learned the value of bulking and collective marketing to increase sales. We did a joint venture with a few friends selling Soya Beans and Maize. We managed to accumulate about 240Kgs of Soya Bean and 600Kgs of Maize in the season. We sold at a higher price than we often sell individually. 3500 and 1000 respectively”

Fred Ssembera – Buzaaya Coffee Growers

“Majority of their members have taken upside selling in a bid to meet daily needs. Some buyers are purchasing red cherries from the farmers, which they prefer due to its less labor-intensive nature”

Jimmy Bagonza – General Manager, RFCU

“We have been assisted in developing cash flow projections before accessing finance by the ADC. We are able to accurately value and request for actual amounts required to finance our contracts. For example, we have accessed financing from Rabo Foundation twice now. We were able to prepare cash flows that were approved as a result of the training.”

Alfred Masereka – Kisagazi ACE

“The training in PRM enlightened us in the need to have formal contracts in place with all understanding of contractual terms. We have managed to secure contracts with a few entities to supply up to 160 metric tons of coffee”

SOMA can change lives

Apio Angella Josephine – Avocado Farmer, Buikwe

With SOMA, Now I know that savings come first, then you invest them and after that you can track your income”

Jimmy Kalinda – C/P Lugala Ssi

“The quality of our produce has improved; farmers no longer dry coffee on the ground. Buyers used to give us lower prices because of dirty produce. Now we understand the value of producing the highest quality to attract the highest price. As a result, we have been able to sell at UGX 7000 from 4,500 to buyers, who pay us an additional Quality bonus.”

SOMA can change lives

Kato Patrick – Dairy Farmer, Bushenyi

“SOMA is bridging the knowledge gap between what is being done to what should be done in Agriculture to achieve productivity on the farm”

Jimmy Bagonza – General Manager, RFCU

“60% of our Farmers are now Certified FTO for Coffee/Cocoa and Vanilla, some are organic certified under a different partner. The Challenge is the acquisition of market for the certified products and the cost of certification (Approximately UGX18-19M), annually which is a challenge in the absence of a market”