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CAPCA SKILLS 85 FARMERS’ IN COFFEE CULTIVATION BRAZILIAN STYLE (3mX1m) AND VALUE ADDITION.

The Central Archdiocesan Province Caritas Association (CAPCA) prioritizes the coffee value chain as one of her areas of intervention. Time and again the supported farmer organizations have encountered innovations, new practices in coffee growing that they need to appreciate so as to improve their farm production and productivity. Off farm, the four coffee hullers that CAPCA gave farmers earlier on need effective management so as to break even,

Vacancy Announcement
Post: Head of Monitoring and Evaluation
Employer: Uganda Governance and Poverty Alleviation Program

Deadline: 5:00pm on 25 th June 2020.

Download Vacancy Details here

The Uganda Governance and Poverty Alleviation Program (UGOPAP) is a country program
implemented by four partners namely: Caritas Uganda (CU), the Community Integrated
Development Initiatives (CIDI), the Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN)
and the Central Archdiocesan Province Caritas Association (CAPCA) with funding from
DANIDA through Caritas Denmark since 2001.

On 25th June 2019, a half day meeting to popularize the National Agriculture Extension Policy and Strategy together with Caritas Uganda/UFCVP and MAAIF (Mistry of Agricultrue Aniamal Industry and fisheries)

Followed by a radio talk show on Prime Radio FM (91.9)

Venue: Mukono Community Hall

Time: 9am

Attendance is by Invitation Only

On 13th June 2019, CAPCA as the Central Region Coordinator of the Uganda Farmers Common Voice Platform (UFCVP) together with PELUM Uganda as the lead organizer will facilitate farmers to participate in his event.

Time: 2pm

Venue: Hotel Africana

Attendance is by Invitation Only

Kassanda CAPCA farmers’ association is found in Kassanda  sub-county, Mubende  district.  The association comprises of 8  groups and 214 peasant farmers, of which  107 are women.
The farmers of Kassanda farmers’ association were in the month of March 2013 provided with capacity buildings in advocacy as a community empowerment tool to enable them sustain their livelihoods.
During the process of monitoring association members regarding the implementation of association activities, the monitoring committee found out an outbreak of the coffee twig borer which was drastically affecting coffee yields and production.