Skilling of farmers in the Agriculture Occupation

JESE, in partnership with CARE, enrolled and trained 25 farmers for apprenticeship training. The apprentices were trained in Coffee bending and stumping; they were also trained in Post post-harvest handling for Cereals.

 This follows an assessment conducted in May 2025 by the Uganda Vocational Training Assessment Board (UVTAB) for all 25 apprentices (20 females and 5 males).

About 25 farmers were skilled. 20 were for Coffee (Stumping and Bending while 5 were for Post Harvest Handling in cereals.

The trainees gained skills to make them earn a living by supporting other farmers to improve their agricultural activities. This was a field based and hands on assessment in a bid to meet the mandate put in place by the Uganda Vocational Training Assessment Body (UVTAB).

Speaking to Mr. Tumuramye Bosco, Project Officer-Starbucks, he shared that they empower farmers to get livelihood options under the FFBs-C Starbucks project.

“So, we believe that skilling a community-based trainer will as well improve on his/ her well-being but also help them reach out to other farmers for support. He noted.

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