Margharita Organic Farmers Association empowers over 2,500 smallholder farmers in Western Uganda through sustainable agriculture and collective marketing.
Founded in 2013 as a farmer-initiated community-based organization, MOFA officially registered on July 7, 2021. From 215 founding members, we have grown to a cooperative of over 2,551 farmers in Kasese, Uganda.
Headquartered in Kajwenge parish, Kisinga sub county, Kasese District, Western Uganda, we provide technical training, collective marketing, financial services, and value-addition support to marginalized farming communities in the Rwenzori region.
Certified organic vanilla beans grown and cured by our 2,551 member farmers.
Sun-drying fermented cocoa beans to international quality standards for premium export markets.
Hands-on agronomic training ensures our farmers apply best practices for maximum yield and quality.
Collective sorghum procurement through MOFA gives smallholders better market access.
Premium vanilla pods ready for curing — harvested from the rich soils of the Rwenzori foothills.
MOFA farmers during the vanilla harvest season — the cooperative's most celebrated time of year.
Diversified fruit farming strengthens household nutrition and opens new market opportunities for members.
Vanilla vines trained on shade trees — a signature sight across MOFA member farms in Kasese.
Expansive sorghum fields managed collectively, reducing costs and improving quality across our farmer groups.
Through our vocational handcraft training program, women across Kasese are learning basket weaving, tailoring, knitting, and artisanal crafts — transforming traditional skills into sustainable household income. MOFA provides tools, market linkages, and mentorship so every artisan can thrive.
On the fertile slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains, MOFA women farmers are cultivating passion fruit in a remarkable display of resilience and enterprise. Working in community groups, these women have transformed steep hillside plots into productive orchards — growing passion fruit that nourishes families and generates vital household income.
The high altitude and volcanic soils of the Rwenzori foothills produce passion fruit of exceptional quality. MOFA supports these farmers with training in trellis construction, pest management, and post-harvest handling — connecting their harvest to markets across the region.
MOFA runs a dedicated vocational skills program equipping youth and women across Kasese with basket weaving, tailoring, knitting, and craft-making abilities — building confidence, creativity, and sustainable income beyond the farm.
MOFA champions a holistic vision of wellbeing — one that links healthy forests to healthy communities. Our tree planting program combines environmental protection with nutrition security and economic development, placing fruit trees and indigenous species at the heart of our cooperative's land management strategy.
By establishing community nurseries and distributing seedlings across our farmer groups, we are restoring the Rwenzori landscape while putting nutritious fruit, medicinal plants, and a cleaner environment within reach of every member household.
MOFA farmers are active stewards of the Rwenzori landscape. From managing animal waste to nurturing dense forest cover, our cooperative directly tackles two of agriculture's biggest climate challenges — methane emissions and carbon sequestration — at the community level.
By transforming livestock waste into biogas and compost, and by planting thousands of trees across member farms, MOFA turns everyday farming practice into measurable climate action.
Agriculture contributes nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions — but it also holds the greatest potential for reversal.
Through responsible waste management and large-scale reforestation, MOFA demonstrates that smallholder cooperatives can be powerful climate actors — not just economic ones.
MOFA and the community leadership hosted the National Executive Director of the Uganda Development Forum at the MENODA SITE — a landmark visit to our grassroots operations in Kanyughunya village, honouring the cooperative's work and deepening national partnerships for agricultural development.
A delegation from MOFA travelled to Kampala to meet Uganda's Prime Minister in a landmark engagement focused on securing government funding and policy support for the cooperative's expanding programs in Kasese District.
The meeting brought the voices of over 2,551 smallholder farmers directly to the highest levels of national government — presenting MOFA' track record, development needs, and the potential of the Rwenzori region as an agricultural powerhouse deserving of sustained public investment.
Working with leading organizations to grow our impact across the Rwenzori region.
Our cocoa is carefully harvested, fermented, and sun-dried by smallholder farmers in the Rwenzori foothills. Collective procurement through MOFA ensures farmers receive fair prices while buyers access traceable, high-quality beans direct from source. Every batch carries the story of the families who grew it.
A visual journey through our farms, communities, and the people behind MOFA.
Since our founding in 2013, MOFA has built real infrastructure and tangible impact for farming communities in Kasese District.
Your contribution helps us expand training programs, provide farming inputs, and connect more smallholder farmers in Kasese District to fair markets. Every shilling makes a difference.
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