Mount Elgon Nyasaland Coffee community (Slow Food Coffee Community)
Coffee Variety: Arabica, Nyasaland variety
Farming system: The coffee is grown in the shade in an agroforestry system, intercropped with: Cordia Africana / Kiki khili; Ficus Natalensis / Shikaile tree; Makhamia / Lusambya or Lusora; Albizia / Kumulukhu (Shilukhu); Khutoto; Kisoyo (Ficus spp); Fruit trees except mangoes.
Altitude: 1,260-1,550 masl
Participatory Guarantee System initiative:
The Mount Elgon Nyasaland Coffee is part of the Slow Food Coffee Coalition and decided to start a PGS initiative after attending a PGS workshop provided by Slow Food Uganda. The community group created the Ethical Committee and signed the PGS pledge in March 2022.
- Region: Miale Village (Mooni, Bumboi, Mutoto and Muyanda), Mbale district, eastern Uganda
- Producers: 40 producers united in the Miale-Tubana Mixed Farmers’ Cooperative Group
- Harvest period: November 2023 – February 2024
- Altitude: 1,260-1,550 mslm
- Variety: Arabica Nyasaland
- Process: Washed