Uganda Medicinal Plants Growers is an agricultural value-added export business I helped to start in my hometown of Masindi, in Western Uganda. Our main export right now is Moringa. The company has grown slowly since 2008, currently employing a full-time workforce of 8.
UMPG’s goal is to move 1000 farmers to middle-income classification by 2020 by providing access to market for their commercially viable agricultural products. UMPG plans to achieve this through quality, value-added production and export.
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Project UMPG: Creating sustainable jobs at the local level — TMS Ruge
January 9, 2014 at 9:43 pm[…] been a while since I updated everyone on how UMPG is doing. If you are new to this blog, see this post on what UMPG is. Basically, it’s my attempt to connect local farmers with international […]