Make small scale coffee production sustainable and profitable.
Who we are
Beautiful landscapes and the farmerswho bring us the best coffee
At Jofald Rayel we shine a light on the best coffees in Uganda straight from the farmers focusing on quality, environmental sustainability and transparency in supply chain.
HOW WE DO IT
By forming partnerships with small holder farmers in Elgon regions coffee is grown in favorable weather conditions, and high altitudes of around 1900m ASL with emphasis on sustainable farm practices from planting, pre-harvesting, post-harvesting, and processing to ensure uniformity and quality.
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Mission
To ensure greater compensation and sustainability for the farmers
Vision
To facilitate a greater livelihood for the farmer leading to greater future for the company
Our Goals
Coffee production stimulating for the youth.
Better future for the farmers hence consequently for the company.
Spread love of Ugandan coffee in Uganda and around the world.
Meet our managing team
Ssenyonjo Louis
Managing Director
Ayodele Fasoro
Managing PartnerFounders stories
Louis is a male Ugandan youth with a bachelor’s degree in Civil and environmental engineering.
After completing studies he decided to pursue a career in the coffee industry undergoing training at the Africa Coffee Academy qualifying in Coffee Quality management and control and an additional course in Coffee entrepreneurship
Working in the coffee industry Louis realized the small holder farmers plight and was inspired to create a solution for better pay of farmers and bridge the gap between farmers and markets eventually creating a company focused on high quality and sustainability.
Working with small holder farmers in the coffee growing regions of Mt Elgon eastern Uganda the proceeds from the sale of coffee are used in better farmer enhancement through setting up and facilitating washing stations, proper drying equipment and agronomic farmer trainings.
Today Louis continues to promote ethical and sustainable practices in the coffee industry
Ayodele with B.ENG in Civil Engineering from Federal University of Technology, Akure. Nigeria and MSC Business with Entrepreneurship, Northumbria University London . Working together with his father an Agricultural Engineer and Director in the ministry of Agriculture and CEO Fas Jimmy Agro Allied in nigeria he gained a lot of experience in crop and animal production working with small and large-scale farmers from planting to post-harvesting supporting them with herbicides and fertilizers backed by the government. In addition to experience the procurement department of Ratcon construction company in Ibadan Nigeria. These experiences in understanding the end-to-end process of planting to post-harvesting and my research gave him a deep insight that small-scale farmers are the major food producers in most regions of the world, especially in Africa and they need huge support to be sustainable, productive, and profitable thereby reducing food insecurity a major public health challenge in Africa. With this in mind, a strategic partnership was set up to ensure sustainability from crop to plant in the coffee. sector.With that in mind Jofald Rayel was born to shine a light on the high quality of Ugandan coffee and form a bridge between the farmers and markets. With the insight of Ayodele Fasoro and Ssenyonjo Louis, the mantle was taken up and step by step more partnerships are formed focusing on quality and fair compensation
ORIGIN STORY
Uganda is one of the biggest producers of coffee in the world and in Africa. However, with the rising export numbers farmers still face problems of inadequate compensation, inconsistent orders, and access to foreign markets. With that in mind Jofald Rayel was born to shine a light on the high quality of Ugandan coffee and form a bridge between the farmers and markets. With the insight of Ayodele Fasoro and Ssenyonjo Louis, the mantle was taken up and step by step more partnerships are formed focusing on quality and fair compensation
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Ephras is a widow living in Buwasa division. She works as a small holder farmer and has been cultivating coffee since childhood, waking up every day to tend to her coffee trees, inspecting for signs of diseases and pests in addition to pruning to ensure healthy and strong trees. Some of the challenges she faces are lack of resources, competition from larger farms, access to markets and low prices of coffee leaving little incomes to support her family.
Ephras Mafabi
— Farmer storiesRogers grows his coffee at high altitudes of 1850m ASL He is a respected member of his community and an inspiration to other farmers due to his high quality plant yield He is committed to building a better future for himself,family and fellow farmers He faces issues like access to farm materials and insecticides that affect plant yields
Rogers
— Farmer storiesSmall holder farmer growing coffee at altitudes of 1900 ASL Female leader in her community and bread winner for her family Grace inherited her farm from her grandmother where she learned everything she knows about her craft As a woman in a male dominated industry she faces many challenges such as access to credit and discrimination when trying to sell her coffees As part of our small holder cooperative she shares knowledge and resources with other farmers working together to sell coffee directly to buyers
