GOW G.C.S Ltd, a farmers’ cooperative society which was fully registered in March 2013 by the Registrar of Cooperatives in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. We are a member of Organic Movement in Uganda called NOGAMU. We are pioneering cocoa farmer group in Bundibugyo for certified cocoa. The project currently operates in eight (08) Sub counties in the whole of Bundibugyo Districts
with a total of over five thousand five hundred (5,500) small holders farmer partners involved in responsibly grown sustainable cocoa production. This proposed project is aimed at extending the opportunities currently enjoyed by existing certified sustainable farmers in the areas of by providing technical support on Good Agricultural practices for improved production, productivity and quality and at the same time promoting environmental conservation and social equality within communities. Cocoa in Uganda and Bundibugyo District in particular, stands out as the major agriculture foreign exchange earner and plays a big role in providing employment among the agricultural commodities in the District. Most of the small holder cocoa producers are not involved in contract certified sustainable farming hence missing out on the opportunities of organized market access. With the exception of a minority of specialty producers, most small holder farmers have lost the productivity and quality incentives making it justifiable for an expanded project interventions linked to GOW G.C.S as a farmer organisation committed to purchase all the certified UTZ/Organic cocoa from Bundibugyo District.
