employee and guests of the Dümmen Orange farm in Uganda celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the extension facility on October 7 . Various ceremonies and activities marked the festivities , which were appropriately concluded with a earsplitting party for staff and guests .
Ellen Mackenbach - Lakeman , CHRO of Dümmen Orange , who attended the celebrations in Uganda : ‘ A beautiful milepost for a beautiful fellowship that has been sailing a solid course since its organisation in 1998 , and under the Dümmen Orange signal flag since 2015 . We are very proud of what we have achieve here together and what we will still achieve in the future . ’
The farm apply close to 700 employees – going up to 800 in acme season – and produces 630 million carving annually . In the twelvemonth 2000 , it enrolled for Quality Management System enfranchisement , which greatly turn on the farm to achieve a structured timbre direction system . It is now fully FSI compliant and holds certificates for MPS and Greencare . Over the year , the farm won several accolades from the Ugandan government , such as Best Employer of the Year , Best Exporter of the Year , and Best Investor , among others .
Opportunities for personal and professional developmentYaeger Adlam , Managing Director : ‘ Our citizenry here do good from the global Dümmen Orange Employee Development curriculum , which gives them access to a scope of internal and extraneous training module and opportunities for personal and professional development . Also , housing , free aesculapian treatment from the in - home clinic , and other welfare facility are part of our benefits for employees in Uganda . ’
It started with eight peopleThe story of the farm commence in 1996 . Back then , John Rutten of Fides – a predecessor of Dümmen Orange – together with a team of seven people , begin a pilot program project for bring out and export chrysanthemum clipping on 1,2 hectare of planted area at Nsimbe Estates . As the pilot was successful , the demesne was buy with the bearing of expand and clothe more . The farm was officially incorporated as Fiduga on October 29 , 1998 .
Yaeger Adlam explains why investing in Uganda was attractive : ‘ lucky mood stipulation throughout the year and good government activity policies towards investors made it attractive to invest . On top of that were adequate body of water source and a right communicating facilities infrastructure . ’
Of the 40 hectares in 1998 , 8 hectare were planted with rose plants . Since Fiduga ’s main focus was on get chrysanthemum cuttings , this pink wine area was rented out . After three years , the company decided to phase out roses in favor of chrysanthemum cutting and started to fabricate more greenhouse , as well as changing wooden greenhouses to nerve . More building and facility were build , such as a dining manor hall , shop , stores , and an HR office . Staff quarters were offer , new road retrace , and old one amend . A Day Care Center come along , as well as Lake Fiduga . In addition , 27 shallow wells and two boreholes were constructed to give the community access to clean urine .
Supporting flower gardening in UgandaManagement and employees of the farm also work on improve the floriculture base in Uganda in other aspects . Yaeger Adlam : ‘ We worked close with the Ministry of Education to retool the curriculum for those taking Agriculture at the two relevant institutions in Uganda , which are Mountains of the Moon University and Bukalasa Agriculture College . Floriculture is a freestanding course by itself now . This has enabled the manufacture in our state to get dependant employees . ’
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