Coordination:
The Co-operative has an office at Lubumba Village which coordinates all the activities of the member Co-operative society.
Background
Lukaya Tukolere Wamu Farmers’ Cooperative Society (LUTWAFA) is a Coffee farmers Co-operative with a membership of 650+ farmers in the district of Kalungu. The vision of LLC is to have a Co-operative of commercial farmers processing and marketing their coffee products to the national and international market by 2040. The Mission of LUTWAFA is to have self-sustained and market oriented coffee farmers with high yields of quality coffee ‘. The business plan builds on the tremendous successes that LUTWAFA has achieved in the last years and responding to the market that reward farmers that produce and process coffee following smart agricultural and production practices. Our value proposition is aimed at selling certified coffees (i.e. 4C, Fair-trade and Rain forest Alliance) and practicing organic certificate. For such markets, farmers are rewarded for good agricultural adaptation practices and are able to achieve a 40% increase in price above the main stream coffee and achieve at least 50% reduction in grading costs required to process their coffee when the grading facility is installed. With the installation of the new hauling machine facility at LUTWAFA , it will be possible to share with the surrounding community and also provide other social services such as amendment or maintenance of the community road network within the vicinity of the factory.
What we do:
We train our members on good agricultural practices and post-harvest handling in order to maintain quality and quantity but most specifically to prepare them towards 4C and Fairtrade certificate which is our value proposition. Once we get certified, our coffees will fetch more premium as compared to conventional selling. We are mainly a youth cooperative comprising of mainly women but also encompassing the old farmers in order to learn and compare notes. LUTWAFA
Coffee Production
Coffee Production Capacity by the farmers
Coffe tree seedlings to farmers surplied
Social & Impact
Lukaya Tukolere Wamu Farmers’ Co-operative Society Limited (LUTWAFA) social impact approach
1.The work done so far has positioned LUTWAFA S in the coffee sector as the most vibrant farmer organization that is empowering farmers to be masters of their own destiny with a focus of being agricultural smart operators.
2. Since its inception, LUTWAFA has realized a number of achievements and milestones that are worth talking about.
3. The Co-operative currently has a total of five full-time employees, all of whom are youths. They all are qualified technocrats in their fields and have received capacity building with assistance from the different development partners.
4.The Co-operative has also been successful in acquiring an external loan which is currently still running.
5.The Co-operative currently supplies its members Coffee to multinationals specifically; UGACOF, Kyagalanyi coffee Limited in Kampala, Alliddeki Commodities Limited, etc.
