La’Marc Farm
“Lwankuba” is derived from the Luganda word “enkuba,” which means “rain,” because the area is blessed with many rainfalls.
Growing coffee
since 2010
Approximately 14 kilometres north of Myanzi, on the route to Kassanda District, South Western Uganda, on the way to Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Africa’s best sites to see flora and fauna. The farm is located in Kassanda District, Central Uganda, 117 miles from Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
The low height and relatively flat surface of the central region create a perfect setting for producing and harvesting our desired quality of Robusta coffee beans. We are now growing on roughly 80 acres, with ambitions to expand more. Our farm has developed thanks to our friends Mark Andrew and Mary Hall of Hall Hunter Partnership (HHP), a soft fruit-producing company in the United Kingdom (www.hallhunter.com).
Improving farmer knowledge and skills in increased production volumes and quality.
Connecting local farmers to genuine agricultural service providers such as Agro input dealers, extension workers, and others.
Providing farmers with actual market price information.
How we work
We work with nearby small-holder coffee farmers and seek to grow the farmer collaboration even further so that we could benefit from economies of scale in both local and export revenues. We have been involving local farmers in our annual coffee learning exhibitions since 2014, which also draw many other essential partners such as coffee stakeholders, agro-input dealers, exporters, processors, finance institutions, and government agricultural departments.