Initiatives

Declaration of Vanilla Harvest Dates

In July 2019, VANEX collaborated with The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries with support from the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to initiate the declaration of vanilla harvest dates. The declaration of the harvest dates was introduced to ensure ...

Establishing Vanilla Regulatory Framework for Uganda’s vanilla Industry

For a long time, the Ugandan vanilla industry has been plagued with challenges such as; theft of vanilla beans, loss of life due to theft, and harvesting premature beans. These challenges largely compromised the quality of Uganda’s vanilla beans and ...

Revitalising Vanilla Growing in Iganga District

Iganga district in eastern Uganda was highly affected by the price crash of Vanilla in 2004. Prices dropped from about 150,000 shillings a kilo to about 1000 shillings. Iganga vanilla farmers suffered major losses, many cut down their plants and ...

VANEX collaboration with Sustainable Vanilla Initiative

The Sustainable Vanilla Initiative (SVI) is a specialist organisation that aims to promote the long term stable supply of high quality natural vanilla produced in socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable ways to benefit all partners along the value chain. VANEX ...

Vanilla Revival Campaign and Youth Engagement in Vanilla Farming Systems

The need to plant new vanilla gardens is a growing concern for the Ugandan vanilla industry as vanilla takes quite a while to mature – about 3 years to be exact. To maintain the sustainable profitability of Uganda’s vanilla industry, ...

Training Vanilla Production And Processing Practices

Since vanilla is not a Ugandan traditional crop, not a lot of farmers consider growing it. Plus, because it is highly specialised, there are very few entrepreneurs involved in production and processing. VANEX strives to be a leader in training ...