One of the key ways of improving smallholder productivity and coffee production in a sustainable manner in Uganda is to ensure frequent and quality coffee production, post harvest handling, trading information and training to smallholder farmers and farmer groups. Qualified, motivated and well-facilitated extension workers are for the foreseeable future a fundamental tool in delivering this. To increase the outreach and frequency of farm visits, extension officers need to be supported by respected and trusted coffee community based facilitators (CCBFs), who are preferably good coffee farmers in their own right.

A model to integrate public and private coffee specific extension into the Unified National Agricultural Extension Service delivery system at National and District level, tested and adopted.

• The project will support the setup and maintenance of 180 demonstration plots, hosted by 180 CCBFs
• The project will facilitate 30 district agronomists to support the CCBFs in their work
• Agronomists and CCBFs will deliver practical quality coffee specific training to 54,000 farmers
• Integration of the model into the National Agriculture Extension Service
• Youth involvement through internship attachment/placement

• Sustainability of land
• Equality of people
• Prosperity of farmers

• Gender and Youth Inclusivity
• Yield Improvement
• Farm Management
• Soil

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