Contact person: Alastair Taylor
Email of the contact person: a.taylor@louisbolk.org
Permanent email: easternafrica@louisbolk.org
Postal address: Plot 207, Gaba Road, Kansanga, Kampala - PO Box 71982, Kampala
Phone: +256 414 26 84 61
Fax: +256 414 26 97 42
Web: www.louisbolk.org
Year of Foundation: Registered in Uganda in 2004, under new name in 2009
Mission:
- A professional provider of agribusiness development and research services within Eastern Africa, resulting in holistic community transformation.
Scope of the Organization: Regional
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- Food security
- Local organic market development
- Education, research and training in organic agriculture
- Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Nutrition and health
- Climate change
- Food processing and collection from wild
National Organic Agricultural Movement Of Uganda (NOGAMU)
Contact person: Musa K.Muwanga
Email of the contact person: mkmuwanga@nogamu.org.ug
Permanent email: admin@nogamu.org.ug
Postal address: P.O.BOX 70071 Kampalaa
Phone: + 256 312 26 40 39
Fax: + 256 312 26 40 40
Web: www.nogamu.org.ug
Year of Foundation: 2001
Mission:
- Coordinating and driving all stakeholders towards organic agricultural development.
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- International marketing and trade on organic agriculture
- Local organic market development
- Education, research and training on organic agriculture
- Certification
- Extension on organic agriculture
- Policy review for organic agriculture
- Food processing
- Managing HIV/AIDS at the workplace
Ugocert
Contact person: Charles Walaga, Chief Executive Officer or Henry Ssemanda, Finance and Administrative Officer
Permanent email: info@ugocert.org
Postal address: P.O. Box 33743 Kampala , Uganda
Phone: +256 41 26 94 16
Fax: +256 41 26 90 01
Web: www.ugocert.org
Year of Foundation: 2004
Mission:
- To contribute to the development and strengthening of environmentally sustainable production systems by developing standards and guidelines and developing trust in organics. UgoCert will actively facilitate the development of realistic and acceptable environmentally sustainable production standards in Uganda and the rest of the world.
Scope of the Organization: National
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- Certification
- Lobby and advocacy for organic agriculture
Uganda Martyrs University - UMU
Contact person: Dr. Charles Kudamba
Email of the contact person: ckudamba@umu.ac.ug
Permanent email: vcumu@umu.ac.ug
Postal address: P.O.BOX 5498, Kampala, Uganda
Phone: +256 382 41 06 11
Fax: +256 382 41 01 00
Web: www.umu.ac.ug
Year of Foundation: 1993
Mission:
- Tertiary Education
- Research
- Community outreach
Scope of the Organization: Regional
Organic Agriculture related main activities:
- General promotion of organic agriculture
- Food security
- Women’s rights and empowerment
- Advocacy and lobbying against GMOs
- Education, research and training on organic agriculture
- Rural development/Poverty Alleviation
- Consumer awareness of organic products
- Nutrition and health
- Policy review for organic agriculture
- Climate change and combating desertification
- Environment conservation and enforcing related local and international policies
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