To establish the first coffee processing (hulling  drying) facility in Mount Elgon region. Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise (BIACE) is a member ownedCooperative which started in May 2010 with 10 Primary Cooperatives (PCs). BushikaACE is engaged in a number of value chains and these include: coffee production andmarketing  dairy management  passion fruit production and honey production. Thisimplied that the cooperative is involved in many enterprises and therefore risked losingfocus. Therefore it was agreed that coffee presents a good business case because it iswidely grown in the district by all members and if explored to the maximum it willgenerate huge profits for the cooperativ Goals for 2019
For 2019 Bushika board and management intends to focus their energies on improving productivity at primary society level  improve coffee  and internal capitalization
Goals for  2019 action plan:     - Develop a communication strategy       - Improve coffee quality among cooperative members- Increase the involvement of women and youth into coffee management- Strengthen governance at primary society level- Increased use of improved inputs among individual members. 


Goal for 2018
The main focus for this year is improved financial management  governance and member commitment in order to create a strong foundation and create sustainability of the union.  
Specific objectives 2018 action plan:     - improve financial management system      - improve cooperative governance- increase member commitment- establish a youth council- create awareness about  and put in place internal capitalization strategy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 For 2019 Bushika board and management intends to focus their energies on improving productivity at primary society level  improve coffee  and internal capitalization Bushika ACE wants to establish the first coffee processing (hulling  drying) facility in Mount Elgon region. 
Establish a coffee processing plant (Hulling and drying)
? Recruit 6000 members who will plant 6000 acres of coffee? Each member to produce 900kgs to make 5 400 000 kgs (5400MT)
However in order to achieve the above ambitions the ACE will require to initially strengthen its financial management system by ensuring that financial records and reporting is streamlined and conforms to internationally recognized standards. Secondly the ACE will ensure that its governance systems are also streamlined by ensuring that the board and board structures and performing their role. The ACE intends also to improve its internal capitalization in order to build their own capital base. Integration of youth into leadership and activities of the ACE will go along way to build sustainability and better decision making into ACE operations