Abstract:
Cocoa is the main cash crop of Bundibugyo District in Western Uganda. The potential of cocoa has been expanding
substantially with a steadily rising world market price. However, farmers in Bundibugyo appear not to have reaped the benefits of this potential. It is to this background that Lutheran World Relief carried out a survey of the players and stakeholders of the cocoa value chain in Bundibugyo, as part of an exploration for a project to support local farmer organizations. The paper provides both the methodology of the survey and value chain mapping exercise, and the findings along the value chain including farmers (production), support actors like research organizations, (micro)financial institutions etc, and buyer-exporters.