Company
Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricoles de l'Ouest
From Wikipedia
The Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricoles de l'Ouest (UCCAO; French for "Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of the West") is a Cameroonian union of agricultural cooperatives founded in 1958. It is the largest agricultural cooperative in the West Region of Cameroon and the country's largest coffee producers' cooperative.
Headquartered in Bafoussam, it groups six departmental cooperatives and processes and markets the coffee of its members.
History
The UCCAO was founded on 17 October 1958 as the Union des Coopératives de Café Arabica de l'Ouest (Union of Arabica Coffee Cooperatives of the West). At its creation it brought together seven cooperatives, the oldest being those of Dschang and Foumban, founded in 1932 and 1933. In 1978 the union diversified its activities and took its current name.
Organization
The UCCAO groups more than 100,000 farmers in six cooperatives:
CAPLAME (Menoua, in Dschang)
CAPLABAM (Bamboutos, in Mbouda)
CAPLABA (Noun, in Foumban)
CAPLAMI (Mifi, in Bafoussam)
CAPLAHN (Haut-Nkam, in Bafang)
CAPLANDE (Ndé, in Bangangté)
Its main activity is the processing and marketing of coffee. It operates six hulling plants, in Dschang (two), Bafoussam, Foumban, Foumbot and Mbouda. Its share capital is 870 million CFA francs.
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