Mbale, Uganda info@barigunacoffee.com
Follow us:

Coffee Related Projects

In its efforts to connect coffee production to environmental conservation, Bariguna is collaborating with Joel Kaburu, a former Forest Ranger and now producer of specialty coffee micro-lots. Due to his work with fauna and flora in the national parks, he has a keen interest in experimenting with organic cultivation, special processing and sustainable use of resources. He advises the project on experimental and innovative technologies to use the by-products of coffee processing.

Through the partnership with a German specialty importer and an environmental NGO we have been able to raise premiums and link farmers to the “Green Future Project” which offers technical support in building bio-gas digesters for cooking gas, rain water catchment tanks, training in the production of organic fertilizers and pesticides and general soil conservation methods.

In addition, Bariguna is looking for innovative methods and technologies for recycling waste from coffee processing. Some options are the production of organic fertilizer from coffee cherry pulp and other natural ingredients to replace artificial fertilizers or kitchen fuel “briquettes” from pressed coffee husks to reduce the use of charcoal and deforestation.