Our mission
To help every farmer protect their crops and secure their harvests, through quality products, sound advice and practices that are safe for people and the environment.
About us
Making farming easier, close to farmers
BonAgro provides African farmers with reliable crop protection solutions, backed by local technical advice.
Our group
BonAgro, a Xingfa Group company
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, Xingfa Group develops and manufactures a full range of phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers.
For our products, distributors and technical advice, your contact remains the BonAgro team in your country.
Xingfa Group at a glance
- Legal name
- Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Yichang, Hubei, China
- Listing
- Shanghai Stock Exchange since 1999 (code 600141)
- Business
- Phosphorus-based chemicals, including herbicides and fertilisers
Visit the Xingfa Group website (opens in a new window)
Source: the group's official website (English version), xingfagroup.com
Parent company · Yichang, China
Africa · six countries
BonAgro Uganda
Our presence in Uganda
From its Kampala office, BonAgro Uganda works with farmers, cooperatives, commercial farms and agro-dealers across the country's main farming areas: the coffee and banana belt of Buganda, Busoga and Ankole, the arabica highlands of Bugisu and the Rwenzori foothills of Tooro, the maize and rice fields of the east and of Bunyoro, and the sesame, sorghum, cotton and groundnut farms of Teso, Lango, Acholi and West Nile. Our depots, dealers and partners keep products close to farms, and our technical team advises on product choice, timing and safe use.
Uganda lies astride the equator on a high plateau, mostly between 900 and 1,500 m above sea level, which tempers the heat and gives the south and centre two rainy seasons: the first rains from March to May and the second rains from September to November. The well-watered Lake Victoria crescent (Buganda, Busoga) is the heartland of robusta coffee, grown alongside the East African highland banana (matooke), maize, beans and cassava. Arabica coffee grows on the slopes of Mount Elgon and the Rwenzori mountains, and the cooler south-west (Ankole), now the country's main matooke-growing area, combines banana, coffee and dairy farming. Further north (Teso, Lango, Acholi, West Nile), the two seasons gradually merge into one long rainy season from about April to October, suited to sesame (simsim), sorghum, millet, groundnut, cotton and cassava. Uganda is one of Africa's largest coffee producers and exporters, and one of the world's leading banana producers.
- Kampala office — Industrial Area, Kampala
- Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm · Saturday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
- uganda@bonagro.example
In the field
Key crops in Uganda
Our vision
A more productive and more sustainable African agriculture, in which every crop protection treatment is justified, effective and well managed.
Our values
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Proximity
Being where farmers are, listening to their constraints and their goals.
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Rigour
Recommending the right product, at the right rate and time, rather than selling more.
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Responsibility
Promoting the safe use of our products for operators, consumers and the environment.
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Transparency
Giving clear information on our products that is faithful to the label, including the precautions for use.
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Progress
Improving our solutions and advice with agronomic research and the needs of the field.
Our approach
From diagnosis to follow-up: four steps
Every recommendation starts in the field and comes back to it.
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Diagnosis
Walk the field, identify the weed, pest or disease, and assess the pressure and the crop stage.
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Recommendation
Propose the right solution, rate and timing, taking resistance management into account.
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Training
Train farmers and dealers in application, equipment calibration and safety rules.
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Follow-up
Check results in the field, adjust the programme and learn from one season to the next.
Where we operate
Present in six countries across West, Central and East Africa
Each country has its own site, catalogue, protection calendars and network of sales outlets.
- Côte d'Ivoire Cocoa, cashew, rubber: solutions for Ivorian value chains Visit the site
- Ghana Cocoa, maize, rice: solutions for Ghanaian farmers Visit the site
- Nigeria Maize, rice, cassava, cocoa: crop protection for Nigeria Visit the site
- Cameroon Cocoa, coffee, cotton: solutions for Cameroonian value chains Visit the site
- Uganda Coffee, banana, maize: solutions for Ugandan farmers Visit the site
- Tanzania Maize, rice, cashew: solutions for Tanzanian farmers Visit the site
Our commitments
Quality and responsible use
Effective crop protection goes hand in hand with safe, well-managed use.
Authorised products
Selling in each country only products authorised by the competent authorities, labelled in the country's language.
Quality follow-up
Checking the condition of incoming batches, ensuring proper storage and keeping products traceable down to the sales outlet.
Faithful information
Providing technical sheets and advice consistent with the label, and never recommending an unauthorised use.
User training
Raising awareness among farmers and dealers of protective equipment, storage and good application practice.
Container management
Promoting triple rinsing and the collection of empty containers, and discouraging any re-use.
Care for the environment
Protecting pollinators, waterways and biodiversity through appropriate use recommendations.
Our teams
Teams working for farmers
In each country, complementary teams work together, from the office to the field.
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Technical development
Agronomists and technicians: field demonstrations, recommendations, calendars and training.
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Sales and distribution
Supporting depots, agro-dealers and partner cooperatives on the ground.
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Regulatory affairs and safety
Monitoring authorisations, labelling, safety data sheets and good practice.
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Logistics and warehousing
Storing products in suitable conditions and supplying outlets ahead of each season.
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Marketing and communication
Product information, agronomy news and decision-support tools.
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Customer service
Answering enquiries and quote requests, and directing customers to the nearest outlet.
Photo credits
The photographs on this site are illustrative images; they do not show BonAgro staff, customers or facilities.
- A grassy footpath running between rows of green tea bushes on a plantation in Uganda — Jozef020, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A bunch of green bananas on the plant in a banana plantation in Uganda — Denis kasozi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Cabbages nearly ready for harvest in a field at Matugga, Wakiso, Uganda — Ssemmanda will, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Young cassava plants on freshly worked soil in Uganda — Ssemmanda will, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A coffee farmer's hand picking ripe coffee cherries from the branch in Uganda — Jameswasswa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A farmer checking the cobs in his maize field in Uganda — Emmanuel Ssekaggo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uganda: rice farmers harvest ripe rice with sickles in the Doho rice scheme, sheaves laid on the stubble — Haumbaeric, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A woman farmer bending over her tomato plants bearing green fruit, with banana plants behind, in Uganda — Emmanuel Ssekaggo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uganda: farmers walk through a sweet potato field, inspecting the plants — Emmanuel Ssekaggo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Terraced hillside fields, smallholdings and scattered homesteads on the green hills of Kisoro, south-western Uganda — SM DENIS, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Northern corn leaf blight: long brown lesions on maize leaves — Chroanch, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Harvested millet spread on a tarpaulin to dry in the sun — MUCUNGUZI Jr ANOLD, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Two farmers hand-picking ripe red coffee cherries from a coffee tree — Jameswasswa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Drip irrigation hoses laid along rows of staked tomato plants in a vegetable plot in Masaka, Uganda — Joyce Nanjobe Kawooya, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- A roadside stall under a woven roof piled with bananas, matooke, mangoes, oranges and tomatoes, with a vendor in front — Africraigs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rows of young maize seedlings emerging from freshly prepared dark soil in a large field — Jozef020, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uganda: in a soya bean field, a farm adviser explains how to grow the crop to two farmers — Emmanuel Ssekaggo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Close-up of black jack (Bidens pilosa), a common field weed, with small white and yellow flowers — Denis kasozi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- 13 photographs: Freepik (Premium licence).
Let's work together
Farmer, cooperative, dealer or plantation: let's talk about your crop protection needs.