Jim Tersteeg

Jim Tersteeg

Kick-off project Improving Children’s Education

Kick-off workshop with Mubende District on Improving Children’s Education & Youth Employment In March 2024 we kicked off the project “Improving Children’s Education & Youth Employment” with all District representatives present.  Together with the key project stakeholders: Kitenga and Kanseera…

Children’s education

Sadly true: Education for children is not always a given in Uganda. Over the past 6 months, we have conducted research together with AidEnvironment and CEFORD on school absenteeism and child labour, among about 950 farming families in the Brand…

Coffee Crop

Although the first coffee we have planted goes back to August 2018, the coffee planted looks very promising. Comparing the coffee with some time ago it has been developing very well. We are aware this is only the second (small)…

Agroforestry Model

At Brand Coffee Farm our agroferestry model is starting to get some shape. After 3 years we have planted our first coffee seedlings, we started to experiment with intercropping macadamia trees, vanilla plantes and banana trees in between the planted…

Vanilla Excursion

In October 2021 we visited the vanilla processing plant near Jinja (Amani Agro Hub). In order to prepare our vanilla operations we took a look at the vanilla processing facilities. Very interesting to see the entire process from vanilla harvesting…

Factory – Warehouse

We have finished the Brand Coffee Factory on our farm. It took some time to complete due to the Covid-19 situation in Uganda, but now it is there ready to start. The building has large storage and processing rooms, an…