Kohenoor Protein Grass Seeds for Uganda — More Milk, More Meat From Every Acre

Why Ugandan Dairy Farmers, Cooperatives and Agro-Input Dealers Choose Protein Grass

Uganda sits on the equator but most of its cattle stand at 1,100-1,500 m, where daytime temperatures of 22-28°C and two rainy seasons give a cool-season forage two sowing windows a year and enough moisture for 5-8 cuts per stand. The protein gap in the ration — not the cow’s genetics — is what caps yield on most Ugandan farms, and that is exactly the gap Protein Grass closes.

• Two sowing windows a year — Sow with the first rains (March-April) or the second rains (September-October) wherever daytime temperatures are 28°C or below — that is most of the South-West, Central and Eastern plateau; under irrigation it can be sown in any month.
• Replaces expensive dairy meal — With 26-38% crude protein in the fodder, farmers report 2-5 kg more milk per cow per day and roughly 50% less concentrate, which matters when a bag of dairy meal costs more than a week of milk cheques in Mbarara.
• Built for zero-grazing plots — On a half-acre cut-and-carry plot around Kampala a 5 kg bag gives daily green feed for 2-3 stall-fed cows from day 45, harvested 10 cm above ground so the stand regrows for months.
• More protein than Napier, Chloris or banana stems — Mature Napier and banana pseudostems carry 6-10% crude protein; Protein Grass cut young carries three to four times that, so a smaller plot moves the ration further.
• MAAIF-ready documentation — Every consignment ships with the phytosanitary certificate and Certificate of Analysis matched to the importer’s MAAIF plant import permit, so inspection at Malaba/Busia or Kampala clears without delay.
• Trial from 500 kg — Dairy cooperatives, milk collection centres, processors and NGOs can trial 50 acres across member farms before committing a container.

The Ugandan Dairy Market: A Growing Herd, Processor Demand and the Fodder Gap

Uganda produces well over three billion litres of milk a year and is one of the fastest-growing dairy economies in Africa, exporting milk powder, UHT and butter to Kenya, the DRC, South Sudan and the wider COMESA region. The South-Western milk shed (Mbarara, Kiruhura, Isingiro, Bushenyi, Ntungamo, Sheema) supplies the bulk of processor intake through cooperatives and milk collection centres; Central Uganda (Wakiso, Mukono, Luwero, Mpigi) serves the Kampala fresh-milk market from zero-grazing units; and the Eastern and Northern regions are expanding under government and NGO programmes. Across all of them the story is the same: improved Friesian and Ayrshire crosses that could give 15-20 litres are milking 5-8 because dry-season fodder is short and protein is low year-round. Agro-input dealers in Mbarara, Kampala and Mbale sell forage seed in small packs to thousands of smallholders, and cooperatives increasingly bulk-buy seed for members to lift intake.

Protein Grass is a complement to Napier, Chloris gayana and banana-based feeding, not a replacement for them: keep the bulk crops for rumen fill and add a Protein Grass plot to lift the protein of the whole ration. A one-acre 10 kg bag sown in March feeds a 5-cow zero-grazing unit through the June-August dry spell and is ready to cut again after the September rains. For cooperatives and processors the arithmetic is simple: a 500 kg trial across 50 member farms that lifts each cow by 2-3 litres a day pays for itself in milk cheques within the first month of cutting, before the cost saving on concentrate is counted.

Applications for Kohenoor Protein Grass in Uganda

Muhtasari kwa Kiswahili: mbegu za Kohenoor Protein Grass kwa wafugaji wa Uganda

Kohenoor Protein Grass ni mbegu za malisho zenye protini nyingi (protini ghafi 26-38%) zilizotengenezwa kwa lengo moja: maziwa zaidi na nyama zaidi kutoka shamba lile lile. Kata ya kwanza baada ya siku 45, kisha kila siku 20-25, kwa mavuno 5-8 kwa msimu mmoja wa kupanda. Wafugaji wanaripoti ongezeko la kilo 2-5 za maziwa kwa ng’ombe kwa siku ndani ya siku 20-25, na kupunguza chakula cha ziada (dairy meal) kwa karibu nusu. Kiwango cha mbegu ni kilo 10 kwa ekari (kilo 12-15 kwenye udongo mwepesi); panda wakati joto la mchana ni nyuzi 28 au chini — msimu wa mvua wa Machi-Aprili au Septemba-Oktoba kote Mbarara, Kampala, Mbale na ukanda wa ng’ombe. Weka DAP kilo 50 kwa ekari wakati wa kupanda na urea baada ya kila kata; kata sentimita 10 juu ya ardhi ili malisho yaote tena. Vifurushi vya kilo 5, 10 na 25; oda ya chini kilo 500 (ekari 50) kwa vyama vya ushirika, wauzaji wa pembejeo na mashamba makubwa. Tunasafirisha FOB Karachi hadi Mombasa (siku 12-16) na kisha kwa barabara au reli hadi Kampala, na nyaraka zote za MAAIF na cheti cha uchambuzi. Wasiliana nasi kwa WhatsApp +92 310 4929292 au export@kohenoorint.com kwa bei ya leo na sampuli bila malipo.

Kohenoor Protein Grass Specifications

Shipping & Logistics: Karachi to Uganda

We load at Karachi Port (KICT / SAPT). Bagged seed ships on pallets to Mombasa, then in bond by road through Malaba or Busia, or by SGR/MGR rail, to Kampala and the dairy districts:

Documentation for MAAIF and Ugandan Customs Clearance

Seed imports into Uganda require a plant import permit from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Department of Crop Inspection and Certification, obtained by the importer before shipment; phytosanitary inspection at the border post or Kampala; and customs clearance through the URA ASYCUDA World system under the EAC single customs territory. Every Kohenoor consignment to Uganda includes:

• Phytosanitary Certificate — issued by Pakistan’s Department of Plant Protection, meeting the conditions on your MAAIF plant import permit and declaring freedom from quarantine pests and weed seeds
• Certificate of Analysis — purity, germination, moisture and inert matter per lot, plus the blend performance specification (crude protein, crude fibre, minerals, dry matter)
• Certificate of Origin — attested by the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce (COMESA/EAC preference does not apply to Pakistani origin; standard EAC CET duty applies)
• Commercial invoice, packing list and Bill of Lading — consistent product description (forage seed mixture, HS 1209.29), lot numbers and net weights for the URA declaration and transit bond from Mombasa
• Importer support — we align documents with your MAAIF permit and coordinate with your clearing agent at Mombasa and Malaba/Busia so the transit bond is discharged without delay

How Importers in Uganda Order From Us

• Step 1 — Enquiry & Quote: Send your target specification, volume, and destination port via our order page or WhatsApp. We respond with a firm FOB Karachi / CFR / CIF quotation within 24 hours, valid for a stated period against current crop pricing.
• Step 2 — Sample Approval: We courier a representative sample to your facility or laboratory in Uganda so you can verify the lot against the Certificate of Analysis before committing.
• Step 3 — Contract & Payment: We issue a proforma invoice covering quantity, specification, packing, Incoterms, and payment terms (T/T or irrevocable LC at sight). Processing and container booking begin on confirmation.
• Step 4 — Shipment & Documents: Container stuffed, sealed, and loaded at Karachi; the complete document set is couriered or released per agreed terms before arrival at your port in Uganda.

Why Kohenoor International

Kohenoor International already supplies alfalfa seed to Ugandan and Kenyan buyers and ranks first on Bing for Swahili forage queries from East Africa. Protein Grass is sold to thousands of Pakistani dairy farmers every season before export — that domestic track record is your assurance.

• Exporting Since 1957 — Nearly seven decades of continuous agricultural export experience from Hyderabad, Sindh, across three generations of the business.
• 70+ Countries Served — Our seeds, herbs, spices, and Himalayan salt ship to buyers in more than 70 countries across five continents.
• ISO 9001:2015 + HACCP Certified — Documented quality management and food-safety controls across sourcing, processing, and packing.
• 60+ Product Portfolio — Alfalfa, Rhodes grass, berseem, sesame, fennel, fenugreek, Himalayan salt, and dozens more — consolidate several products into one container from one audited supplier.
• Industry Memberships — Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP), and the International Seed Federation (ISF).
• Full Traceability & Testing — Every lot is lab-tested and shipped with a Certificate of Analysis; samples are couriered before you commit.