To help farmers cope up and mitigate effects of climate change in coffee production their other crops and livestock.We are committed to conduct rural appropriate field based demonstrations training on climate resilient agricultural techniques.
Some farmers have already adopted and practicing climate smart technology such as use of organic pesticides and manure, digging trenches/contour ,mulching and stumping, pruning and desuckering,
To increase coffee productivity in the region, AFCE established a community coffee multiplication nursery site in one of the micro-station in Nebbi district under the regulation and supervision of coffee development authority (UCDA). Since 2017, a total of 590,000 coffee seedlings were distributed to farmers in Nebbi district.
GBV is the silent cancer that has tormented the Community for so many years its responsible for low households productivities according to research done by AFCE, majority of households experiencing GBV live insecure livelihood with children not in school, cannot afford basic health services and balance diet food.
AFCE introduced saving with a purpose (SWAP) module alongside traditional VSLA among the communities to enable the community set a smart financial goals for their saving and save towards achieving their goals. This is informed by the fact that much as village saving and loan association schemes was
To improve the quality of coffee by small holder’s farmers in the region, AFCE with support from OXFAM has constructed seven (7) coffee micro-washing and processing stations in west Nile region. The construction of the micro station has resulted in to increase in the quality and quantity of coffee bulked and sold from 5,000kilograms in 2017 to 31,000 kilograms in 2019
AFCE is committed to enhance the capacities and capabilities of the small holder farmers on disaster risk reduction and management with much emphasis on mitigation, adaption and building resilient on climate change effects on livelihood and preparing farmers for future risk and disaster.
Projects Implemented
Farmers and their coffee project is an initiatives being funded by OXFAM NOVIB to mobilize and support west Nile coffee farmers and their organizations to sustainably improve the quality and quantity of their coffee and the value they received from it as well as creating demand from small holder farmers and different stakeholders to work together as farmers association and cooperative union.
We promote apiculture to complement household income and nutrition as well as contributing to climate change mitigation.
AS a youth-led organization that works to improve the livelihoods of young people, we empower young people to utilize their full potential towards holistic development. We further seeks to contribute to creation of decent work for young people by promoting positive attitude towards work, provide life
skills, conduct trainings and develop linkages for interdependence and development.
The sanitary pads project is designed to address the challenges limiting the success of the young women in business operation and these include limited/ lack of technical skills of production, limited business skills in planning, marketing and management; and limited access to start-up capital and limited access to personal hygiene requirements
The team from Nebbi district local government production and marketing department led by the resident district commisioner and chairperson LCV applauded AFCE for empowering and enhancing the capacity of small scale coffee farmers to produce speciality coffee in the region.
Farmer groups supported by AFCE with funding from IRISHAID/OXFAM -Uganda are producing speciality coffee that meets international market requirements
Young women in Nebbi municipality who recieved lifeskills trainning in making reusable sanitary pads for their own use and for bussiness are forever grateful to ILO/AFCE for timely intervention in the area that has for long been neglected by others . They call for other development partners to join AFCE to promote Girls rights to aid their smooth transformation to decent adult hood
AFCE empowers young women with skills and equipments for making reusable sanitary pads
Farmers and local leaders of nebbi district are happy with AFCE partnership with Uganda coffee development authority and national agriculture advisory services (NAADS)/ operation wealth creation for establishing community based coffee seedlings multiplication nursery in Erussi sub county at Culamuk micro-station that has supported over 3000 farmers to plant over 500,000 coffee seedlings in the past three years since 2017.
Planting more coffee seedlings for increased coffee quality and quantity in the region. Sales ManagerLatest News
Farmers and their coffee project is an initiatives being funded by OXFAM NOVIB to mobilize and support west Nile coffee farmers and their organizations to sustainably improve the quality and quantity of their coffee and the value they
AFCE introduced saving with a purpose (SWAP) module alongside traditional VSLA among the communities to enable the community set a smart financial goals for their saving and save towards achieving their goals. This is informed by the fact that much as village
Pikwo Felly, a 55 years old mother of eight children (M=04, F=04) like any other Alur woman wakes up at 6:30 am everyday to clean the compound, go to fetch water about 1.5 km from
Aware of the cultural practices in Alur which gives a lot of powers to men and violates women’s right,