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Uganda has probably one of the fastest growing organic certified lands in Africa . The products grown organically and sourced from Uganda include cotton (lint, yarn and finished garments), coffee (Arabic and Robusta), sesame (simsim), dried fruit (Pineapples, apple bananas, mangoes, jack-fruit), fresh fruits ( pineapple, apple bananas, passion fruits, avocadoes, papaya (pawpaw), ginger), jack-fruit, , vanilla, cocoa, fish, shea butter and shea nuts, bird eyed chilies, dried hibiscus, honey and bark cloth. These products are exported to Europe, USA, Asia and other part of Africa among others.
The number of organic exporters in Uganda has been growing and now totals 34. All projects are fully certified or in conversion, from internationally accredited certifying bodies operating in Uganda . The certifying bodies include: UgoCert, IMO, Ceres, Ecocert, Soil Association and BCS.
A list of the organic exporting companies can be viewed below:
| Name |
Products |
Certification Status |
Certification Body |
| African Organic / Amfri Farms Ltd |
Fresh Fruits
Pineapples, Apple bananas, Passion fruits, Papaya, Mangoes, Avocadoes, Ginger, Jack fruit,
Dried Fruits
Pineapples, Apple bananas, Jack fruit, Mangoes, Papaya, Cured Vanilla
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| Bark Cloth Uganda |
Bark Cloth
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Bio Uganda Ltd |
Fresh Fruits
Pineapples, Apple bananas, Passion fruits, Ginger
Dried Fruits
Pineapples and Apple bananas
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| Bufumbo Organic Farmers Association (BOFA) |
Arabic Coffee and Vanilla
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Buiga Farm Industries Ltd |
Vanilla
|
certified organic |
Ecocert |
| Coetzee Natural Products(U) Ltd |
Vanilla
|
certified organic |
BCS |
| Covol Uganda |
Shea nuts and Shea Butter cream
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Dunavant (U) Ltd |
Lint cotton,cotton Seed, sesame, cow peas, chick peas, pigeon peas, sunflower, soya beans
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Flona Commodities Ltd |
Dried pineapples,Apple Bananas,mango,bogoya,papaya, jack fruit
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Fruits of the Nile |
Dried Pineapples, Apple bananas, Mangoes
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| Gourment Gardens |
Vanilla,dried pineapples,apple bananas, mangoes
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Green Organic Watch |
Cocoa
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Guru Nanak Oil Mills Inc |
Shear Butter
|
certified organic |
Ecocert |
| IBERO (Uganda) Limited |
organic and Utz Kapeh certified Robusta coffee and organic vanilla
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| KFP international |
Shea butter and shea nuts
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Masaka Organic Producers (MOP) |
Dried Pineapples, Apple bananas, Mangoes, Jack fruit
|
In- Conversion |
IMO |
| Mukono Vanilla Spices and Horticultural coop Society |
Vanilla
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| Nile Teas (Uganda) |
Dried Hibiscus
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| North Bukedi Cotton Co. Ltd |
Cotton
|
Certified Organic |
Ecocert |
| Olam Uganda Limited |
Cocoa
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Phenix Logistics (Uganda) Ltd |
organic garments and yarn
|
certified organic |
Ecocert |
| Reco Industries Ltd |
Dried Pineapples, Apple bananas, Mangoes
|
In- Conversion |
IMO |
| Sulma Foods Ltd |
Fresh Fruits
Pineapples, Apple bananas, Passion fruits, Papaya, Mangoes, Avocados, Aubergines
Dried Fruits
Pineapples, Apple bananas, Mangoes
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Tamteco (U) Ltd |
Lemon Grass and Essencial oils
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| Tatgem (U) Ltd |
Fresh Pineaples,Passion fruits and Papaya
|
Certified Organic |
Ceres |
| Tree Shed Organic Farm |
|
In-conversion |
IMO |
| Tuliraba Estate Ltd |
Vanilla, coffee, Black Pepper, Cardamom,Cinamon,Ginger
|
Certified Organic |
IMO |
| UGACOF |
Coffee, Cocoa
|
cerified Organic |
Ceres |
| Uganda Crop Industries Limited |
Vanilla,cadamon,Cinamom and black pepper
|
certified organic |
IMO |
| Uganda Marketing Services (UMS) |
Dried Pineapples, Apple bananas, Mangoes, jackfruit and papaya
|
In- Conversion |
IMO |
| Urth Caffee |
Coffee
|
In- Conversion |
Ugocert |
| Zigoti Coffee Works Limited |
Robusta and Arabic Coffee
|
In- Conversion |
Ceres |
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