Developing business plans to streamline the ambitions Kibinge Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society is a farmer owned organization with 2.236 members at the beginning of 2014 organized in 48 farmer groups with 383 women and 843 male members, who are all coffee farmers. The Cooperative is located central region of the country, in Masaka District, Bukomansibi County, about 150Kms from Kampala city. 
Kibinge has been established in 1995 en has successfully build up their business. They have a strong focus on commercialization and marketing of double certified Robusta Coffee.In terms of business, the exports to Fairtrade and Utz markets rose from 76.8 Metric tonnes (MT) to 556.8 MT for 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Kibinge has received many help from development partners such as USAIDF, Solidaridad, and SHARED INTEREST. With Agriterra they aim to achieve a new level of the business; gradually invest in their own export grading facility. They currently process the coffee at UGACOF in Kampala.

The potentials of Kibinge Coffee Framers Cooperative Society are on the basis of existing coffee business and its structures (good procurement system) and facilities (hulling machine and coffee stores). The co-operative has experience and well educated management staff and a supportive Board. 
The co-operative’s business ideas to improve the coffee business is focusing on increase members participation in their own organization, increase coffee exports and investment of coffee hulling and grading machines that will be implemented into two phases. Kibinge has enough qualities to be bankable as they have business track records and collaterals which is on the title registration to secure potential loans However, they lack consistent and clear plans to achieve these ambitions. This concerns a business plan which can be presented to the financial institutions for support of both coffee business and coffee factory investment, but also operational plans to gradually achieve this new ambition. In addition, they need to enhance their coffee marketing expertise and experience.

The potentials of Kibinge Coffee Framers Cooperative Society are on the basis of existing coffee business and its structures (good procurement system) and facilities (hulling machine and coffee stores). The co-operative has experience and well educated management staff and a supportive Board. 
The co-operative’s business ideas to improve the coffee business is focusing on increase members participation in their own organization, increase coffee exports and investment of coffee hulling and grading machines that will be implemented into two phases. Kibinge has enough qualities to be bankable as they have business track records and collaterals which is on the title registration to secure potential loans However, they lack consistent and clear plans to achieve these ambitions. This concerns a business plan which can be presented to the financial institutions for support of both coffee business and coffee factory investment, but also operational plans to gradually achieve this new ambition. In addition, they need to enhance their coffee marketing expertise and experience.

Develop business plan as a guideline for realizing the ambitions