Market Voice

  • Plot 4 - Pilkington Road - Third Floor
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Why Partner With Market Voice

Farmer market linkages

Market Voice has made significant strides in Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs), Area Cooperative Enterprises (ACEs), Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs), and across the agricultural value chain, leveraging our strength to create lasting Impact. We take pride to have registered over 4500+ acres of organic certified land (producing over 1,350+MTs of Organic Oil Seeds annually) reflecting our commitment to sustainable farming practices.
Market Voice has recommended more than 3500+ farmers to commercial banking and credit Institutions, unlocking aordable agricultural financing options such as the Agriculture Credit facility (ACF). In this, over 52% are women and youth who have accessed unsecured loans from commercial banks, promoting their financial and economic growth.

We have achieved impressive production milestones, yielding over 2100MTs of maize and 700MTs of beans in 2023/2024, demonstrating our commitment to agricultural excellence and food security. Additionally, we have established more than 29 Village based farm-input dealers broadening access to Certified-Agricultural farm-inputs and further enhancing Market access for our farmer Communities.

Contract faming

Our commitment to sustainability and community is integrated into every part of our operations. We engage in contract farming partnerships to support small and medium scale farmers to improve their livelihoods.

This is in line with the World Food Program’s purchase for progress principles of supporting farmers to grow more, sell more, and earn more and become more competitive players in their local markets. We view the community and our suppliers as key stakeholders to any investment and our objective in this regard is to empower these respective stakeholders from an educational, economic and social welfare perspective. Our contract farming agreements provide farmers with guaranteed prices, secure markets, and access to crop production credit-scheme recommendations, empowering them to grow their potentials with confidence and financialstability

Compliance and Quality control

Market Voice is licensed by the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-Uganda) for farmer data protection, EU – Organic Certified by TLR International Laboratories – (Control Union) of the Netherlands, in partnership with Shares Uganda for food-safety (FSSC 22000 Certified). We are a member of the Credit Information Providers Association (CIPA-Uganda) that facilitates credit Literacy and Information Sharing to our Communities. Additionally, our membership with the National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU)
reinforces our dedication to organic trade.

We are incollaboration with the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI – Uganda Oil Seeds Project) to boostb our export capabilities through coaching, mentorship and guidance. This is a Dutch Government Organization, part of the Netherlands Enterprises Agency (RVO), that supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing Countries to export to European markets. Market Voice has strategic partnerships with Major Grains, legumes and Oil-Seeds Processing local buyers in Uganda, Kenya and prominent exporters for Oil-Seeds (Chia and Sesame Seeds) and other Spices in Europe.

Agronomy Skilling

At Market Voice, we maintain a fully-fledged Agronomy department with 86 extension Officers, we work very closely with over 758 Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs), 22 Area Cooperatives Enterprises (ACEs), 220 Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) 29 Community based Organizations (CBOs) many of which are women and Youth Led reflecting our expanding footprint and inclusive approach.

Post-Harvest Handling Services

At Market Voice, we prioritize efficient post-harvest handling practices, ensuring farmer’s produce is stored, processed and transported safely, thereby reducing losses and maintaining product quality. To support this, Market Voice initiated a Tarpaulins, Hermetic bags and moisture meters – Post-Harvest Credit scheme, empowering our profiled farmers with access to essential post-harvest facilities.