BUSHENYI – Coffee Farmers in Nkanga Sub County Bushenyi district have been asked to embrace uniting together into unions as the only way to have market burgaining power both at local and international levels .
The call was made by Shelton Naturinda the head of programs at Kyampene foundation while representing the director Counsel Cohen Kyampene as a chief guest at the Annual General Meeting for Nkanga Coffee Cooperative that was held at factory premises in Nkanga Sub County Bushenyi district.
He noted that once farmers unite together , there is no way local traders can manipulate them since they create a big bargaining power at international level through unity.
Speaking in the same meeting Vincent Twikiriize from Ankole Coffee producers Union that unites all Coffee Cooperatives in Ankole noted that through unity and quality production ,they are able to learn from one another and farmers can easily be traced incase of any assistance .
Meanwhile Abel Misindo the Chairperson Board of Nkanga Coffee Cooperative Limited noted that there is a need for all farmers to follow organic and fair trade rules if they are to compete with the standards of the global market.
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