{"id":4644,"date":"2026-03-26T18:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:58:13","slug":"tropical-honey-ltd-gulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/tropical-honey-ltd-gulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Honey Ltd &#8211; Gulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behind every jar of honey from Tropical Honey Limited is a story of opportunity and transformation. By partnering with bee farmers across Northern Uganda, the company is turning honey production into a source of income, skills, and community growth.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of Uganda Development Bank (UDB), Tropical Honey has expanded procurement, upgraded post-harvest handling, and trained farmers in best practices, helping them earn more, improve their livelihoods, and grow their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Before accessing UDB financing, Tropical Honey worked with 230 farmers. Today, that number has more than doubled to over 500 farmers, each with a reliable market for their honey. With a production capacity of 1,200 kilograms per month, the company has strengthened procurement, expanded apiaries, hired additional staff, and increased revenue by over 50%.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Celebrating Partners In Development | Tropical Honey Ltd\" width=\"1410\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-dv7BAzyyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Through access to affordable and patient working capital:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Farmers now have a steady and dependable market for their honey<\/li>\n<li>Training in apiary management and post-harvest handling has improved quality and incomes<\/li>\n<li>Household earnings have increased, supporting children\u2019s education and daily needs<\/li>\n<li>Jobs have been created across production, processing, and distribution<\/li>\n<li>Market reach has expanded due to a consistent supply of quality honey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For farmers like Richard Ochete, who grew from two beehives to 50, honey is now a commercial enterprise that sustains his family and secures his future. With the right financing and value addition, agriculture becomes a pathway to inclusive growth.<\/p>\n<p>If your enterprise has the potential to make a difference, UDB can help you turn your vision into lasting impact. We welcome enterprises to explore how our patient and affordable capital can support their growth journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind every jar of honey from Tropical Honey Limited is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4670,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions\/4670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udbl.co.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}