Strengthening the cooperative business through capacity building focusing on financial management and governance. P’KWI in full is the Popular Knowledge Women’s Initiative Farmer to Farmer Co-operative Society. Currently PKWI has 2500 households as registered members 60 per cent are women. P’KWI focuses on sunflower and cassava production and value addition as an economic enterprise. As part of the collaboration with Agriterra the cooperative was advised to focus on sunflower production and processing. There is a huge potential for sunflower production in the Eastern region of Uganda where P`KWI is located. The market demand for organic/ vegetable oil from sunflower is very high both locally and in the export market. The cooperative owns a processing facility that is currently not in operation but experience has indicated that if it is revived then the cooperative will be able to generate substantial incomes from sunflower processing and hence increase members` incomes. Efforts are required to strengthen the governance and financial management systems of PKWI improve access to quality inputs like seeds and support the development of a business plan and marketing strategy.
2019:
Last year the cooperative has conducted several activities that focussed on identifying PKWI's place in the chain. This year we will develop a business plan based on these findings and there will be a focus on improving the quality and quantity of sunflower seed production. Furthermore we want to focus on a smooth transition of tha farmer groups into newly formed cooperatives with the help of the MyCoop ,modules. Goals 2018 action plan: - improve financial management systems- improve governance systems- Develop a bankable businessplan - improve member commitment - setup of formal youth council
2019:
- Develop a bankable business plan
- improve member commitment.- Increase farm productivity.
- Acquisition of UNBS Q-mark
- Formation of a marketing committee.  Goals for 2019 Action Plan:1. Improve production (Quality amp Quantity)2. Strengthen groups to form PCs3. Formation of ACE P`KWI intends to transform itself into a model self-reliant agricultural cooperative society that is able to produce and process over 900 MT of organic sunflower in Eastern Uganda in the next five years. Goals 2018 action plan: - improve financial management systems- improve governance systems- Develop a bankable businessplan - improve member commitment - setup of formal youth council
2019 action plan:

"main focus will be productiion increases. Furtermore the cooperative will be organizing the current farmer groups into primary cooperatives.P’KWI in full is the Popular Knowledge Women’s Initiative Farmer to Farmer Co-operative Society. Currently PKWI has 2500 households as registered members 60 per cent are women. P’KWI focuses on sunflower and cassava production and value addition as an economic enterprise. As part of the collaboration with Agriterra the cooperative was advised to focus on sunflower production and processing. There is a huge potential for sunflower production in the Eastern region of Uganda where P`KWI is located. The market demand for organic/ vegetable oil from sunflower is very high both locally and in the export market. The cooperative owns a processing facility that is currently not in operation but experience has indicated that if it is revived then the cooperative will be able to generate substantial incomes from sunflower processing and hence increase members` incomes. Efforts are required to strengthen the governance and financial management systems of PKWI improve access to quality inputs like seeds and support the development of a business plan and marketing strategy.P`KWI intends to transform itself into a model self-reliant agricultural cooperative society that is able to produce and process over 900 MT of organic sunflower in Eastern Uganda in the next five years. Goals 2019 action plan:- Successfullly acquire the UNBS Q-mark standard in 2019.
- 50% of the members keeping farm records that are shared with the cooperative and other members.- Marketing comittee in place that has the capacity to check quality of the produce brought by members.
- Program developed by PKWI focussed on farm takeover. "