Uganda earns billions of Shillings from coffee exports Uganda coffee exports Coffee exports in April 2022 amounted to 407,762 60-kilo bags worth US$ 70.85 million (256.75bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its April 2022 report. According to the report, this comprised 277,244 bags of Robusta valued at US $37.24
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Uganda has a smaller number of extension workers The Extension Directorate at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is concerned that the implementation of the Parish Development Model will falter in the initial stages, due to the small number of extension workers currently. Agriculture is the main
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Gideon Tembo Munjungu, the Busongora North MP, on behalf of Bright Rwamirama Kanyontore, the Minister of State for Animal Industry launching the UCDA fertiliser distribution program in Kasese. Coffee farmers with stumped coffee trees in Rwenzori region have started benefiting from free organic fertilizers. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) launched a campaign to stump out old coffee
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MPs have rejected a plot by government to take full possession of all landing sites in the country. This was during the consideration of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill that was passed into law by Parliament this week. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries had proposed in
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Frank Tumwebaze (4th Left) in a group photo with Dutch embassy delegation led by Her Excellency Dr. Karin Boven (3rd Left), the Netherland Ambassador to Uganda Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze has praised The Netherlands for the strategic support to the rapid growth of the agricultural sector. He said this on April 25
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The new edition of the Agricultural Finance Year book highlights a Shs65billion gap in financing. A lot of farmers are still hesitant to embrace digital transactions even when these present immense opportunities such as accessing credit through mobile money. Irene Sekamwa Kajoro, a Product Manager of Financial Services
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State Minister for Agriculture, Fred Bwino Kyakulaga (4th Right) is joined by UCDA staff and Mukono district officials led by LCV chairperson, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa (3rd Left) to launch the fertilizer distribution programme in Greater Mukono Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has distributed organic fertilizers to farmers in Central
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African Development Bank Group President (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina (pictured) says “Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis.” He was speaking about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday. Fielding questions from the Council’s Africa Center Chair, Ambassador Rama Yade; Senior
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Coffee is a key foreign exchange earner for Uganda Uganda's monthly coffee export earnings have broken the US$80m mark, according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for March 2022. Uganda’s coffee exports in March 2022 amounted to 478,023 60-kilo bags worth US$ 80.99 million (Shs285.9bn). This comprised 360,229 bags
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Ambassador Fred Mugisha (3rd right) and David Katungi (2nd left), the Director of Strategy and Business Development at UCDA in a photo moment with exporters Uganda coffee exporters have met with Uganda’s Deputy Head of Mission to Beijing, China, Amb. Fred Mugisha, to strategize on how to penetrate the China market. The
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