Kasese Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society

We carry out cooperate business in agricultural produce like coffee and vanilla.

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WHAT WE DO

SERVICES WE OFFER

COFFEE

Harvest period
Season B August to December
Season A March to June

Altitude range
0m – 2300m

Average annual production
38,400 kg

Arabica varieties
Red Bourbon

VANILLA

Harvest period
Season A June-July
Season B December-January

Altitude range
0m – 2300m

Average annual production
19,200 kg

COCOA

NURSERY BEDS

WHO WE ARE

ABOUT US

Kasese Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society (KACOFAS) Ltd, registration number P.6147/RCS, is a coffee farmers’ organization registered in 2016 with the registrar of cooperatives, with eleven primary collection centers and associations.

The purpose of forming Kasese Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society Ltd is to have a collective voice for increased bargaining power through collective prose vices as well as a marketing and processing system that will enable coffee and vanilla farmers to fully utilize their potential and gain what is worth their effort in the coffee and vanilla value chain. We collectively produce and market good-quality Arabica coffee, green and cured vanilla.

FARMER REGISTRATION

Farmer registration, field inspection and farmer training

FARMERS DELIVERING & SORTING

Farmer delivers to the warehouse and their produce is sorted, weighed and graded

DELIVERY/PROCESSING

The cooperative either delivers to the buyer or adds value through processing

MARKETING

The fresh produce and processed products are taken to the market

KASESE COFFEE FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE SOCIETY HAS 1,353 MEMBERS

1025

MALES

328

FEMALES

VISION

MISSION

OBJECTIVES

To be a yardstick of high quality green vanilla, roasted coffee beans, roast and ground coffee

To cause a positive change in the livelihoods of farmers by linking them to advantageous markets that offer a higher price for their organic vanilla and fair-trade certified coffee

The strategic objectives of Kasese coffee farmers’ cooperative society include:
a) To increase gross production margins from one percent (1%) to two percent (2%) in the next fourth years.
b) To increase capacity during the peak season from 2 tons per day to 10 tons per day by 2023.
c) To develop a network of 11 vanilla and coffee buying / collecting centers in the major vanilla and coffee producing areas by 2024
d) 50 by 50 Profit margins shared with farmers

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