Traford Export Commodities Limited
From Ugandan farms to your kitchen
“We inconvenience ourselves to the best of your comfort and convenience in your kitchen.”
Established in 2016 as Transformation for Rural Development (TRAFORD) Ltd and rebranded in 2023, Traford is a logistics and distribution company supplying farm inputs and purchasing horticulture produce, legumes, cereals, and oilseeds from smallholder farmers. Our produce is processed and distributed across Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, and Rwanda.
5,600+
Smallholder farmers
4
Export markets
2016
Founded
UGX 2.4 B
Projected turnover 26–27
Who we are
With a current network of 5,600 smallholder farmers in the Busoga sub-region and Northern Uganda, Traford develops and manages farmers through community-integrated Agri-Hub centres that bring our services close to them. Farmers are organised into produce groups of 20–25 members.
Each Agri-Hub offers extension services, agro-inputs, and a reliable produce market — at lower cost but with high-quality inputs and expert advisory. We're building a robust supply chain that reduces aggregation costs, ensures quality, and expands outreach, while keeping environmental protection and conservation front of mind.
Traford specialises in buying and distributing farm-fresh produce, procurement and advisory on agro-inputs, tailored input loans, training in climate-smart and regenerative agriculture, and linking farmers to external services such as mechanisation, irrigation, soil testing, and weather information.
We're also establishing a strong cold-chain system — pack-houses for sorting, grading, storage, and transportation of fresh produce — straight from the farmer to the market.
Organic & Local
Hand-picked produce from trusted Ugandan farms — no middlemen, no waste.
Cold-chain ready
Pack-houses for sorting, grading, storage and refrigerated transport keep produce farm-fresh.
Fair to farmers
Stable market prices, agro-input kits, and tailored input loans so farmers earn more from every yield.
Quality you can taste
Every item is quality-checked at our pack-house before it leaves for your door.
What we do
Buy & distribute
Fresh and processed farm produce sourced directly from contracted smallholder farmers.
Build farmer capacity
Training in crop agronomy, Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), and Farming Systems Approaches (FSA).
Supply agro-inputs
Environmentally friendly seeds, seedlings, fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and tools.
Value chains of main interest
Vegetables
Tomatoes, green peppers, onions, carrots, cucumbers, French beans, eggplants, entula, ginger, passion fruits, watermelons, beans, cape gooseberries
Grains
Maize — processed into flour
Oilseeds
Groundnuts, soybean
Legumes
Beans, peas
Vision
To be the leading buyer and distributor of high-quality, safe-for- consumption farm produce and processed agriculture products in East Africa.
Mission
Traford exists to deliver and supply high-value, safe, and adequate agriculture products that meet the maximum standards of our consumers' expectations. We believe in empowering smallholder farmers to produce environmentally friendly products to feed the world.
Core values
Value to farmers
Traford gives farmers the best production tools and a premium market to sell a greater proportion of their yields at consistent, better prices. We offer agro-input farm kits, tailored input loans, and stable market prices — so farmers can produce safe, high-quality products.
Value to consumers
Traford provides consumers with access to high-quality, healthy products produced with love and ethical standards. Our produce is supplied directly by smallholder farmers — we process and deliver freshness from the farm to your plate, safely.
Beyond profits — and the environment
Traford's Smallholder Farmer (SHF) engagement model is built on promoting inclusive crop value-chain business development using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and regenerative agriculture. These approaches help us empower communities through increased farm income, conserve the environment, and produce healthier products. Practices include crop rotation, crop diversification, cover cropping, minimum / zero tillage, and energy-saving value addition.
Turnover
Current 2025 – 2026
UGX 1,612,356,077
Projected 2026 – 2027
UGX 2,432,741,000