How gorilla conservation coffee became a win-win

John Ninkunda and George Katemba are all praises for the Gorilla Conservation Coffee project that was started by the non-governmental organisation Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) to support the organic Arabica coffee farmers around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) to earn higher incomes from their farms.

Ninkunda is a 53-year-old mixed farmer in Rushambya Cell, Southern Ward, Butogota Town Council, Kanungu District in southwestern Uganda. He grows Arabica coffee, tea, cassava, maize and potatoes on his three and half acres of land. Married with five children, Ninkunda suffered a stroke and he has been in a wheelchair for the past nine years. He was among the first farmers to join the gorilla coffee project in 2015.