Farm Inputs Care Centre Ltd (FICA Seeds) delivers high-performing hybrid and open-pollinated field & vegetable seeds across East Africa — plus Uganda’s first privately licensed tissue-culture potato plantlets.
From a pioneering private seed company in 2001 to a trusted partner for thousands of smallholder farmers.
Incorporated in 1999 and launching its seed business in 2001, FICA Seeds was among the first privately-owned seed companies after the liberalization of Uganda’s seed industry. Headquartered in Kampala, we produce, process and market certified seeds for farmers throughout Uganda and the wider East African region.
Our mission is clear: empower farmers through profitable and sustainable agricultural productivity. We focus on varieties developed by NARO and our own research hybrids, with a special emphasis on hybrid maize, dry beans and cowpeas — our leading crops by revenue.
Variety development & maintenance → multiplication → processing → packaging → marketing.
We produce and distribute foundation seed to other local seed companies, strengthening the national seed sector.
Under the leadership of Narcis Tumushabe Rwangoga, FICA continues to expand quality seed access and innovation.
Hybrid and open-pollinated varieties for field crops, vegetables and now tissue-culture potatoes.
Uganda’s first private company licensed to produce tissue-culture plantlets and early-generation seed potatoes. Varieties: Victoria, KACHPOT 1, Rwangume, Kinigi, NAROPOT 1, 9 & 10.
Licensed 2025 · NARODrought-tolerant and stress-resilient hybrids from our breeding programme and CIMMYT/NARO collaborations. Main revenue crop.
Hybrid · OPVHigh-yielding, market-preferred varieties for food security and income generation for smallholders.
Key cropsUpland rice and adapted cereals for diverse agro-ecologies across Uganda and neighbouring countries.
Field cropsOilseed and legume packages that improve soil fertility and household nutrition.
Field cropsSunflower for oil and cassava planting materials supporting local food systems.
Field & localHybrid and OPV vegetable seeds selected for East African markets and growing conditions.
VegetablesReliable performers for market gardens and commercial vegetable production.
VegetablesAdditional vegetable options that diversify farm income and diets.
VegetablesFrom laboratory licensing to package-level authentication — we invest in systems that deliver genuine, high-performing seed.
Every package carries a unique scratch code. Farmers SMS the code and instantly confirm authenticity. Combined with MAAIF tamper-proof labels to fight counterfeit seed.
In 2025 FICA became the first private firm licensed by NARO to produce potato tissue-culture plantlets and early-generation seed — unlocking ~540 MT of certified seed potatoes annually.
Active collaborations with NARO, CIMMYT and CIAT deliver drought-tolerant, disease-resistant varieties. We also market hybrids from our own breeding programme.
Serving smallholder farmers while strengthening the wider seed system.
Primary clientele are smallholder farmers. We engage them through contract production, extension services and demonstration plots.
Operations and seed production in Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi, with sales reach into South Sudan and beyond.
Participation in programmes such as Feed the Future Youth Leadership for Agriculture — training young farmers in technical and business skills.
We supply foundation seed to other seed companies, helping close the early-generation seed gap in Uganda.
The 2025 potato licensing partnership with KaZARDI / NARO under the BRIGHT project (IFDC) demonstrates scalable collaboration for food security.
Ranked among the top performers in the Access to Seeds Index for Eastern & Southern Africa, particularly strong in seed production and capacity building.
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