Organic Certification

Alan Tulip, director of Kahangi Estate, has been involved as a consultant in the development of certified organic smallholder groups in Uganda since 1994 and has subsequently developed organic projects in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Papua New Guinea. Alan also worked in the development of the first certified UTZ, Rain Forest Alliance and 4C smallholder groups in East Africa.

Alan Tulip has worked with farmer groups set up by private companies as well as local Farmer Cooperative Organisations. Having lived over 30 years in Africa, Alan is able to combine first hand farming and rural experience in Africa to develop internal control systems that can be implemented at village level but still meet the requirements of the different Certification Standards Bodies. Alan has also worked as an advisor for certification of both large and small Estates in India, Cocoa projects in Ivory Coast as well as assessing certification potential for coffee growers in Yunnan Province in China.

Organic Certification Standards
The following projects were set up by Alan Tulip with different partners and successfully gained the required organic certifications.

CompanyRegion/CountryCropsCertifications
Lango Cooperative UnionNorthern UgandaCotton and sesameOrganic EU
Cofftea Trading CompanyBundibugyo District UgandaCocoaOrganic EU
Kyagalanyi Coffee Co. LtdNebbi, Northern UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU
Kagera Cooperative UnionKagera, TanzaniaRobusta and Arabica CoffeeOrganic EU, UTZ
Kawacom (U) LtdErusi, Northern UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU & NOP
Outspan EnterpriseApac and Kaberamaido, UgandaCotton and SesameOrganic EU
Kawacom (U) LtdPaidha, UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU & NOP, Utz
Barkcloth (U) LtdMasaka, UgandaBark ClothOrganic EU
Shanghai Weisen Trading CompanyYunnan, ChinaArabica CoffeeUtz
Kawacom (U) LtdBushenyi, UgandaRobusta CoffeeOrganic EU & NOP, UTZ
TANICAKagera, TanzaniaInstant CoffeeOrganic EU
ESCO Uganda LimitedBundibugyo, UgandaCocoa and VanillaOrganic EU & NOP
Ibero Uganda LtdLuweero, UgandaRobusta CoffeeOrganic EU
BioUganda LtdMasaka, UgandaPineapplesOrganic EU
Biolands International LtdKyela, TanzaniaCocoaOrganic EU
Gumutindo Coffee Growers AssociationMbale, UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU & NOP
Kawacom (U) LtdKapchorwa, UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU & NOP, Utz Rain Forest Alliance
Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative UnionBushenyi, UgandaRobusta CoffeeOrganic EU
Monpie CoffeeGoroka, Papua New GuineaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU and UTZ
Karagwe District Cooperative UnionKaragwe, TanzaniaRobusta and Arabica CoffeeOrganic EU
Kyagalanyi Coffee Company LimitedProject Nakanyonyi, UgandaRobusta CoffeeUtz and 4C
Kawacom (U) LtdKasese, UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic EU and UTZ
Kyagalanyi Coffee Company LimitedMbale, UgandaArabica CoffeeUTZ, 4Cand Rainforest Alliance
SOPACDIMinova, CongoArabica CoffeeOrganic and FairTrade
Bukonzo Joint CooperativeKyarumba, UgandaArabica CoffeeOrganic and Fair Trade

For More Information:
Alan Tulip   +256 772 708207      e-mail: aptulip@infocom.co.ug
Kahangi Estate, Box 282, Fort Portal, Uganda