NASCOF (Nasaaga Specialty Coffee Foundation) is a coffee farmers based community organisation (CBO) supported by Nasaaga Investments (U) Ltd to produce high quality coffee products from seed to cup.
Following the wide range of Mt. Elgon rich volcanic soil profiles, harsh cultivative hillside, high elevative topography, in remote hidden villages of Mangasa around Nasaaga cliff, Bumusabire parish. Bukyabo subcounty in Sironko district, traditional Bugisu of Masaba ancestors,
Imbalu culture (kadodi dance) and sweet flavors of traditional coffee tree varieties Nyasaland and SL-14 are not to be missed.
Activities
- Training and supporting rural community coffee farmers with good agricultural practices for sustainable productivity
- Marketing the farmers' specialty certified coffee on the global market
- Investing back at least 5% of the organizational net proceeds to the coffee producing communities for social economic benefits
- Working together with registered farmers (NASCOF members) to embrace good agricultural practices from the nursery bed to consumption in the cup
- Supporting village savings and loans schemes, offering financial literacy, planting trees, protecting water sources, providing scholastic materials to vulnerable school going children, and more.
Products
NASCOF offers 4 categories of coffee products:
- Natural processed Arabica coffee
- Fully washed Arabica coffee
- Honey processed Arabica coffee
- Organic fully washed Arabica coffee
Impact
At NASCO it is our social responsibility to invest back in rural coffee producing communities, women and children that produce high quality coffees. We empower our farmers so they can look forward to a bright future. Our coffee is taken care of by the farmers themselves to keep the norms of coffee culture and to keep its natural attributes so that they can receive reliable income which enables them to pay school fees and meet quality medical care expenses, as well as put food on their tables all year round.
We take a holistic approach to sustainable farming agricultural network (SAN) by our agronomist partners from Agro base Bio-science Ltd who even provided certified organic pesticides to farmers. We provide biogas to our organic farmers to mitigate tree cutting and carbon emission to the environment.
