Background

The organization was established in 2002 as Busoga Shinning Light Association (BSLA) and later registered in 2004 as a CBO by farmers coming together to collectively market their produce, exchange information and develop linkages with other organizations that could help them improve their livelihoods. BSLA implemented a maize production and marketing project funded by aBi Trust and the success of the project led to upscaling of the project and the scope of the project included processing of maize grain into flour and the extension services has expanded to include interventions that address gender issues and enhance capacity of the farmers to re-invest in the maize enterprise among other income generating activities. In 2015 BSLA transformed into a cooperative society known as Kiwemba Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited and KFCS has made some strides towards fulfilling its objectives in the implementation of the maize production and marketing project. The current project funded by USADF has aided KFCS to emerge as a leading maize processing farmer owned organization in Eastern Uganda.