This document profiles Jojona Mushroom Farm, an agro-processing business in Uganda that produces fresh and dried mushrooms. The summary provides information about the company's operations, key challenges, and training needs. Specifically, it outlines that [1] the company produces fresh and dried mushrooms from cotton husks and sawdust, [2] their main challenges include perishability of fresh mushrooms and reliance on middlemen, and [3] they are interested in training to address technical and business skills challenges over a 6 month period including online and practical lessons.
This document profiles Jojona Mushroom Farm, an agro-processing business in Uganda that produces fresh and dried mushrooms. The summary provides information about the company's operations, key challenges, and training needs. Specifically, it outlines that [1] the company produces fresh and dried mushrooms from cotton husks and sawdust, [2] their main challenges include perishability of fresh mushrooms and reliance on middlemen, and [3] they are interested in training to address technical and business skills challenges over a 6 month period including online and practical lessons.
This document profiles Jojona Mushroom Farm, an agro-processing business in Uganda that produces fresh and dried mushrooms. The summary provides information about the company's operations, key challenges, and training needs. Specifically, it outlines that [1] the company produces fresh and dried mushrooms from cotton husks and sawdust, [2] their main challenges include perishability of fresh mushrooms and reliance on middlemen, and [3] they are interested in training to address technical and business skills challenges over a 6 month period including online and practical lessons.
This document profiles Jojona Mushroom Farm, an agro-processing business in Uganda that produces fresh and dried mushrooms. The summary provides information about the company's operations, key challenges, and training needs. Specifically, it outlines that [1] the company produces fresh and dried mushrooms from cotton husks and sawdust, [2] their main challenges include perishability of fresh mushrooms and reliance on middlemen, and [3] they are interested in training to address technical and business skills challenges over a 6 month period including online and practical lessons.
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SITA - Mitreeki East Africa
Interview profiling and needs assessment tool for Entrepreneurs
Background
Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) is a project financed by the United Kingdoms’ Department for International Development (DFID) and runs from 2015-2021.
SITA’s outcome is to improve the competitiveness of select value chains: coffee, cotton, textiles and apparel (CTA), pulses, spices, sunflower oil, leather, Information Technology Enabled Service- Business Process Outsourcing (IT-ES BPO) and emerging sectors of five East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania through the provisions of partnerships from institutions and business from India.
The sixth year (April 2020 - March 2021) of SITA’s implementation will see activities covering trade and investment promotion and matchmaking as well as capacity building across sectors and solutions for value-added production being developed.
SITA has engaged experts to design a comprehensive curriculum for in-depth needs-based training for agro-processing entrepreneurs in Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.
The purpose of this interview is to profile you and your business as a potential beneficiary to the training and to assess your knowledge and skills needs for consideration to be included in the training curriculum.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROFILING AGRO-PROCESSING ENTREPRENUERS IN UGANDA
1. Company information and contacts
1.1. Company name JOJONA MUSHROOM FARM 1.2. Year established 2018 1.3. Number of employees 8 1.4. Number of branches and N/A locations 1.5. Names & Position of the main NAKIBUUKA JOSEPHINE NALUGYA FOUNDER contact person 1.6. Telephone numbers Office: 0700258148 Mob: 0700258148 WhatsApp 0777024913 1.7. Rental Arrangement Owner (Yes/No) ; Long-term lease (Yes/ No); Short-term lease (Yes/No) OWNER 1.8. Email address(es) [email protected] 1.9. Physical address LUBUMBA KAWUKU 1.10. P. O. Box number 1.11. Town KAWUKU 1.12. District WAKISO 1.13. Region ENTEBBE
Page 1 of 4 1.14. Website 1.14. How does your company communicate with clients? Number to indicate the order of importance and give a reason(s) for importance of that communication channel Means Order of importance Reason(s) for importance Website E-mail Phone 1. FASTEST WAY WhatsApp 2. SECOND ALTERNATIVE WAY Post mail Other, specify 1.15. What kind of promotional material/platforms does the company use? Which ones are used most frequently (number starting with the most used) and give a reason(s) for the importance Type or platform Order of importance Reason for importance Brochures Business cards 1 CHEAPEST Website Social Media platforms: - Facebook - Twitter others, specify 2. Processing Activities – start with the most important to the company 2.1. Which raw materials do your Raw materials Processing Product use? method 2.2. Which processes do you COTTON HUSKS& PASTUERISING DRY & FRESH undertake? SAWDUST MUSHROOMS 2.3. Which products do you produce? PASTUERISING
DRY & FRESH
MUSHROOMS 3. Key buyers/markets and volumes - use the table below 3.1. Use the table below to list the key markets or buyers of your products, starting with the most important product to the company e.g. most profitable, highest volume, etc. Product Volume Volume (%) Key export or local markets/buyer produced exported categories e.g. schools, sales outlets FRESH 10 Kg/ MUSHROOMS day
4. Quality/Safety Management Systems
4.1. Does the company have and Yes/No. If yes, list certifications, date acquired and date of quality certification? expiry NO Certification Date acquired Valid until (month and year)
5. Challenges/Training needs 5.1. List and explain the major challenges you experience in the following areas, start with the
Page 2 of 4 most serious and suggest possible solutions for each 5.1.1. Agro-processing Technical Knowledge & Skills e.g. (to be used for clarification, if necessary): Developing ad using standard operating procedures (SoPs), Ensuring product consistency; International sanitary and phytosanitary measures; Other international technical requirements; post-harvest handling; value addition; packaging and labelling etc. Ran Challenge Brief description Potential solution k 1. THEY ARE PERISHABLE AFTER HARVESTING, THEY HAVE TO NEED FOR A COOLER AND NEED PROPER REACH MARKET WHILE STILL FRESH TO KEEP STORAGE AFTER SINCE MOST OF THE MARKET IS TEMPERATURE LOW HARVESTING BEFORE LOCATED IN THE CITY SAY NAKAWA, DELIVERY NAKASERO.
2. THEY NEED TIMELY MOST CUSTOMERS BUY THEM NEED A DELIVERY
DELIVERY. EARLY MORNING. TRUCK
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5.1.2. Running the agro-processing business
e.g. (to be used for clarification, if necessary): Creating & maintaining environmentally sustainable work practices; Work safety; finding suppliers; How to gain certifications; Export procedures; Financial planning and management; calculating cost estimates for production; pricing products; record keeping, supply chain structure and management; interacting and network with buyers; business management; accessing international markets; export procedures; contracts, marketing; types of investors; applying for loans/grants etc. Ran Challenge Brief description Potential solution k 1. MIDDLEMEN THESE OFFER SMALL AMOUNT FOR NET WORK DIRECTLY THE PRODUCE . WITH BUYERS
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Page 3 of 4 5.1.3. Professionalising and expanding the business e.g. (to be used for clarification, if necessary): Setting up structures, systems, governance, and processes; resource mobilisation for growth. Ran Challenge Brief description Potential solution k 1. COUNTERFEIT OF SOME SPAWN ON MARKET IS FAKE BUY EQUIPEMENTS MUSHROOM AND FAILS TO GIVE MUSHROOMS FOR PRODUCTION OF SPAWN / SEEDS QUALITY SPAWN 2.
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6. Preferred training arrangements
6.1. Would you be available to participate in training to address some of the identified challenges? Yes or No. YES 6.2. The trainings will be conducted over a period of 6 months. Indicate your preference of how the training should be scheduled, in the table below: 2 days every week of the month OK 2 days a week twice in a month 4 days of 1 week in a month
Other, specify 6.3. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the trainings will first be delivered online. Do you have a laptop/ computer and good internet access? Yes or No. YES 6.4. Would you be open to the possibility to use your business as a case study for practical learning experience? Yes or No. YES 6.5. Would you make time to undertake practical exercises and/or desk research and share with or present your findings with fellow entrepreneurs? Yes or No YES
Thank you very much for your time.
SITA - Mitreeki East Africa program staff will get in touch with you with the next steps.
