The cooperative’s mechanization service centre at Lakang, Amuru District has crossed 5,900 acres of contracted service for the 2024 cropping season. The contracts cover land opening, primary ploughing, harrowing, ridging, threshing and post-harvest handling for member households, farmer groups, and commercial growers operating in the Acholi sub-region.
The pipeline is structured around three service blocks:
- Member tillage (≈ 3,200 acres). Coordinated through the 41 farmer groups under NUTOFA, paid at the member rate from each group’s pooled savings.
- Commercial off-take (≈ 1,800 acres). Tilled under contract for two commercial farms in Nwoya and Amuru. Revenue flows back to the cooperative.
- Government / NGO projects (≈ 900 acres). Tillage and demonstration plots for partner-led programmes, including USAID Feed the Future and Mercy Corps resilience work.
The fleet executing the 2024 plan is built around CASE IH 110 JX primary-tillage tractors, Massey Ferguson 5500D units, Sonalika DI-50 secondary-tillage tractors, and an MF 570 combine for harvest support. All operators are on the SACCO roster and certified by our training partners.
The revenue model is straightforward: contract income pays operators and mechanics, covers fuel, services the fleet, and is reinvested into hub expansion. Surplus flows back to members as annual dividends at the AGM.
For booking enquiries, members and partners should contact the secretariat through the /mechanization page or directly on +256 772 793 198.