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Mukusu Motors & Properties Ltd (Mukusu) is a woman-driven organisation which commenced business on 2/1/2012 with a major focus on selling used motor vehicles. In 2014 the company invested in providing farm mechanisation equipment.

Mukusu piloted farm mechanisation hire services in 2016 in Bugiri district for smallholder farmers with support from Connect Connect To Grow Program implemented by IMC Worldwide Ltd.

MUKUSU MOTORS AND PROPERTIES LTD, is a limited liability company duly incorporated on 29/12/2011 according to the company laws of the Republic of Uganda with company registration number142282.The registered office is at Green Park, Mufumya road, Bakuli, Kampala, Uganda

Mukusu sees a large market potential in hiring and sale of mini-tractors to help improve the

quality, quantity of productivity of smallholder farmers in Uganda. Mukusu recognizes the need

to create a market demand for mini-tractors and implements for the entire crop production

value chain. Mukusu has set up a multi-stage scale up that involves working with partners to

lease the tractors to farmers, and eventually create the market to sell to farmers/groups.

Full time staff by category Qualifications Nos. Female Male Youth

Executive Director

Administrative Assistant

Service Technicians/Sales

Executives

ACCA (Chartered Accountant)

BSC Procurement & Logistics

BSC Agricultural, Irrigation &

Mechanical Engineering

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Support staff Diploma & O- Level 22 11 11 21

Ownership: 2 Ugandan shareholders

Vision: The partner of choice for flourishing small holder agriculture by providing sustainable farm mechanization solutions and commercial vehicles in Uganda.

Goal: Transform smallholder agriculture from subsistence to sustained profit enterprises.

Mission: To provide low cost agricultural equipment and commercial vehicles to agri- entrepreneurs through flexible financing options to increase food security and fight poverty.

Core values: Mukusu staff pay high respect to the under listed values in all their operations and interactions with all stakeholders.

1. Integrity 4. Team work

2. Professionalism 5. Service excellence 3. Accountability 6. Transparency

Achievements to date 3-Pilot Business Models Completed:

The Commission Agent Mechanisation (work with cooperative societies).

Agric Machinery Entrepreneur- Individual Farmer. (Pay cash and access hire service with an operator)

Hire Purchase Model (50% down payment and pay balance in 12 months)

Collective Hiring Centre established. Vulnerable farmers hire machinery &

skilled operators.

Trained > 2400 smallholder farmers & 600 farmer groups in agric-mechanisation in Gulu, Abim &Bugiri districts.

Trained 14 youth of Busowa Traders & Farmers’ Cooperative Society Ltd in Bugiri district to operate tractors.

Achievements to date

Figure 1 Youth skilling in Bugiri

Achievements to date Captain tractor 4WD DI 250 was tested by

the Ministry of Agriculture in different ecological zones in Uganda.

Sensitized and demonstrated tractors in different operations in different parts of the country.

Developed training manuals for tractor operators in partnership with Busitema University.

Trained own staff in India to service and repair tractors locally.

demonstration to farmers in Gulu

Sensitization of farmers in Abim Sensitization of farmers in Bugiri

Mukusu staff learning to service and repair tractors at

Rajkot factory in India

Achievements to date

Appointed Sole dealer in Uganda by Captain Tractors Pvt. Ltd for mini-tractors and VST Tillers and Tractors Ltd for the walking tractors.

Partnership with Namayingo – Buyinja SACCO, QUEST Digital Finance Ltd (Akello Banker) and SMALL.

Developed crop calendar for Abim district

Business development support from; Brilliant Entrepreneur project Egbert Hoving IFDC CATALIST project Bid Network Foundation IMC Worldwide Ltd (Connect To Grow project) Captain Tractors Pvt. Ltd Ministry of Agriculture Bugiri District Local Government GOAL Uganda. Private Sector Foundation Uganda.

DUTCH CONSULTANT EGBERT IN THE FIELD AT BUSOWA, BUGIRI WITH MUKUSU’S OPERATOR DFID TEAM FROM INDIA VISIT MUKUSU OFFICE IN BUGIRI DISTRICT

Product Portfolio CHC as one-stop-shops for famers. Hire tractors and farm equipment. Sell tractors, farm equipment and

commercial vehicles. Provide buyer-driven supply chain

services. Farmer training on agric-

mechanisation with a major focus on youth.

Financial inclusion services (agent banking and mobile money services).

Mukusu envisions the CHCs being a one-stop-shop for famers to support them in improving the quality and quantity of yields and to sell value added crops by partnering with various agricultural value chain actors including insurance providers, TA providers and other farmer cooperatives.

Product range in two categories

Big horse power > 60hp Massey Ferguson 4wd brand – UK build and Captain big tractors >60hp 4WD India made.

Captain mini tractors < 30hp 4wd- India build Implements matching with tractor capacity from land preparation to post

harvest handling for crops maize, ground nuts, beans, soya beans, sorghum, rice and cassava.

Target Market Mukusu is initially targeting farmers and farmer institutions cooperative societies in Northern and Eastern Uganda to hire agricultural equipment. While in other regions of Uganda, Mukusu targets to sell agricultural equipment and commercial vehicles to SACCOS and progressive farmers. During the pilot period we worked with 235 small-holder farmers owning 600 acres. These paid user fees to Mukusu but limited to first ploughing due to lack of crop finance. The evaluation process of the pilot project by the Dutch Consultant Egbert revealed that farmers who adopted mechanised ploughing; Saved 61 hours per

acre which was converted to farm expansion and livestock farming.

Registered a 50% increase in yields.

Potential to save 300 man hours per acre if all farm activities are

mechanised.

Social economic benefit We work with vulnerable farmers who are hardly targeted by our competitors. They only

benefit from the government mechanization incentive (import tax exemption on agricultural machinery) when they hire tractors from Mukusu.

EXHIBITION STALL OF MUKUSU AT NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW 2018 WITH PSFU SUPPORT

FIELD ACTIVITY IN BUGIRI DISTRICT

Catherine in Mukusu overall (Engineer) with Ms Fauza's family

A FEW OF THE CERTIFICATES ISSUED TO MUKUSU STAFF BY THE MANUFACTURER TO BE ABLE TO OFFER RELIABLE AFTER SALES SUPPORT

Catherine tilling in Bugiri

Margaret Naggujja in the field (tilling)

Mukusu’ tractor operator fixing shaft in the field.

Joy (Engineer) in red shoes take photo after sensitizing farmer group on mechanization in Namayingo district.

Machinery transported to the field for demonstration activity in Gulu

Contact: Kampala Office.

Naggujja Margaret

Executive Director

M:+256772501651,0701501651

Email: magdenise@yahoo.com

margaretnagujja@gmail.com

Address:

Mufumya road, Bakuli

P. O. Box 71502 Kampala, Uganda

Contact: Bugiri Office

Levi Bwambale

Administrative Assistant

M:+256751606099,0776122020

Email:bwambalelevi09@gmail.com

Address:

Tororo- Malaba High Way

Next to Gapco Petrol Station

Bugiri Town