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Due to Uganda's geographical location, a wide range of organic products can be grown in the country throughout the year. These could be looked into two categories: i.e. these largely targeting the export market and the other grown or processed targeting the local/domestic and regional markets.
The local market crops range from staple foods like matooke, millet, cassava, local and exotic vegetables and fruits, juices, honey, to processed and livestock products like eggs.
| Product |
Variety |
Seasonality |
Shelf Life |
Packaging |
Weight |
| Apple Bananas (fresh) |
Local (Ndizi) |
All year |
7 days |
Boxes |
3/6 Kgs |
| Avocado (fresh) |
Hass, Fuerte, Jumbo |
Oct-Jan, Mar-July |
21 days |
6 pcs @ box |
3-3.5 Kgs |
| Bark Cloth (processed) |
|
All year |
N/A |
Rolls |
|
| Bird Eyed Chillies (dried) |
Red Eyed Chillies |
All year |
1 year |
Boxes |
9-10 Kgs |
| Cocoa (dried) |
|
Aug-May |
2 years |
Sacks |
25 Kgs |
| Coffee |
Robusta/Arabic |
Aug-March |
N/A |
Sacks |
25-50 Kgs |
| Cotton |
BPA 2002 |
Sept-March |
N/A |
Bales & Garments |
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| Dried Fruits |
Pineapples, Apple, Bananas, Mangoes, Papaya, Jack Fruit |
All year |
1 year |
Boxes |
100gms, 200gms, 0.5Kg, 1Kg, 2Kg, & 10Kgs |
| Dried Hibiscus |
Sabdariffa |
All year |
N/A |
Sacks |
25 Kgs |
| Essential oils (processed) |
Lemon grass & Lavender |
All year |
|
Bottles |
10/20 mls |
| Fish (fillet and whole fish) |
Nile Perch & Tilapia |
All year |
|
Frozen |
5/10 Kgs |
| Ginger (fresh) |
Exotic variety |
All year |
21 days |
Boxes |
3 Kgs, 5 Kgs & 7 Kgs |
| Honey and Wax |
Natural Honey |
All year |
|
10/20 jars @ box |
25gms, 50gms & 150gms |
| Mangoes (fresh) |
Kent, Keitt, Tomartikin, Dodo |
Aug-Jan |
7 days |
10 pcs @ box |
3-4 Kgs |
| Papaya (fresh) |
Sorrow-sun trade & Sunrise |
Aug-Mar |
7 days |
3-4 pcs @ box |
3/6 Kgs |
| Passion Fruits (fresh) |
Kawanda Hybrid |
Oct - Jan, Mar-April |
14 days |
10/20 pcs @ box |
3 Kgs |
| Pineapples (fresh) |
Smooth Cayenne & Victoria |
Oct - July |
21 days |
6-pcs @ Box |
10-12 Kgs |
| Sesame/Simsim (dried) |
Sesame 11 |
Jun-Aug |
1 year |
Sacks |
25 Kgs |
| Shea butter (processed) & nuts (dried) |
Vitellaria Nilotica |
All year |
2 years |
Tins, buckets & jerrican |
25 gms, 5 Kgs |
| Vanilla (cured) |
Bourbon |
Aug-May |
1 year |
Boxes |
10 Kgs |
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