Oil seeds · Our crops
Sunflower
Sunflower thrives in Northern Uganda’s dry zones and provides excellent oil yield. Princo promotes its cultivation through input access, training and processing support.
Sunflower is rising as one of Uganda’s most promising oilseed crops.
Fast-growing, drought-resistant and market-ready, sunflower offers farmers in Northern Uganda a reliable income stream.
Princo Group supports producers with hybrid seeds, hands-on agronomy training and off-take partnerships, helping them reduce input costs, restore soil health, and meet growing local and regional demand for sunflower oil.
How we support sunflower farmers
Seed, skills and a secure market
- Certified, high-quality sunflower seed selected for regional climate, soil conditions and market demand
- Hands-on agronomy training in local languages
- Post-harvest handling, drying and storage at rural aggregation centres
- Off-take partnerships and guaranteed purchase at transparent prices
- Processing support to turn seed into oil and cake
Oilseeds in Northern Uganda
Princo Group is at the forefront of promoting oilseed cultivation in Northern Uganda, particularly sesame, sunflower and soybeans. These drought-resilient crops are well suited to the region’s climate and have become a reliable source of income for thousands of smallholder farmers.
Grow or buy sunflower with Princo
Whether you are a farmer group or a processor, we would like to hear from you.