Coffee remains Uganda’s leading cash crop and a top foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports in October 2024, amounted to 496,820 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 139.05 million (Shs512.9bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for October 2024. This comprised of 457,853 bags of Robusta valued
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NARO Director General, Dr. Yona Baguma (left) and the RIPA Executive Vice Chairman, Vincent Tumusiime Bamugaya signing the MoU at the NARO headquarters in Entebbe on Tuesday The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and the Rural Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation (RIPA) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance collaborative efforts
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Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture, addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre/UMC photo Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is continuing its operations such as inspections, enforcement, farmer registration, export certification, and sensitization despite its impending merger with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture made
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Danish Embassy, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Solidaridad officials posing for a photo after the Carbon Harvest scheme launch at Esella Country Hotel. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), one of Uganda's leading international coffee buyers, has partnered with Solidaridad East and Central Africa to launch a carbon harvest scheme aimed at promoting
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Coffee remains Uganda’s leading cash crop and one of the leading foreign exchange earners for the country Parliament on Wednesday passed the controversial National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, effectively dissolving the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The passage of the Bill, which reshapes the country’s coffee regulatory framework, sees the
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Andrew Mukwaya is earning big from coffee farming. Coffee remains Uganda’s leading cash crop/Business Focus photo By Denis Jjuuko Whether on coffee tables, bar tables, parliamentary tables, or presidential tables, the talk has been about coffee following the contentious coffee bill that seeks to amend the National Coffee Act 2021.
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Muhawiyah Mukasa is redefining rabbit farming and dragon fruit cultivation in Uganda Muhawiyah Mukasa, a standout winner of the 2023 Best Farmers Competition, is redefining rabbit farming and dragon fruit cultivation in Uganda on his farm, Kapeeka Agro and Livestock Farm (KALF). Located in Kapeeka, the farm has risen as a
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Yara and MAAIF teams pose for a picture after the engagement Yara East Africa has held a pivotal training session at Eureka Hotel, Kampala, aimed at enhancing the expertise of government fertilizer inspectors from Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). This initiative is part of Yara's ambitious
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A photo montage of Tumwebaze, Kasibante and Museveni Veteran opposition political ideologue Moses Kasibante has urged politicians not to politicize the ongoing debate on the Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that aims to mainstream the roles and functions of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) into the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry
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By Dr. Ezra Suruma There are indeed many things we do not understand about rationalization. My understanding of “Rationalization” of government agencies is to cut cost. Yet when we proposed Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in 1990 we provided a revenue source for it so that it would not need money from government.
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