Kiigya United Farmers Cooperative
The goal of Kiigya Cooperative is strategizing ways of elevating individual farmers and communities using local innovative solution that are holistic, sustainable and evidence led.
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About Listing
Kiigya Coop was formed in 2012 as farmers group comprising of 45 members, 15 which are female and 30 males. In 2015, PEDACON became a full cooperative after registering with ministry of trade and industry under cooperative act CAP 112 with certificate number P4207/RCS .
Coop Background
OBJECTIVES
- To train farmers on new modern methods of farming
- To train farmers on cross cutting issues like HIV/AIDS and environment.
- To link and network with other relevant organizations, institutions to widen farmers’ opportunity to benefit from government and NGOs programs.
- To link farmers to national and international market for their produce after bulking
- We have mobilized farmers to join the PEDACON co-operative (currently 2329 members)
- We trained farmers on herbicide application.
- Trained farmers on how to add values on their produce and bulking to attract better prices.
- We trained executives and members by Calusa, Amolatar local government and Uhuru institute