Andrew Mukwaya quit his fat job to join coffee farming business. He says he doesn’t regret the decision he took six years ago Andrew Mukwaya ,42, is a coffee model farmer in Sazike village, Kibijo Sub-County, Kakumiro district. His seven-acre coffee farm is a marvel as the lush green, healthy
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Farmers across Uganda are having sleepless nights over increasing coffee thefts Farmers in Nakaseke district have decried the rampant coffee thefts amidst a price boom in the country. According to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the farmgate price of coffee for a kilogram of Kiboko is 6300-7000 Shillings, Arabica
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Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the Minister of State for Agriculture, addressing beneficiaries of the moisture meters The government through the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has given out a total of 56 moisture meters worth Shs672m to farmers, processors and traders with the aim of improving the quality of coffee and cocoa.
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Winners of the 2023 best farmers competition dfcu Bank in partnership with Vision Group, The Embassy of the Netherlands, KLM Airlines, and Koudjis Nutrition BV has flagged off the winners of the 2023 Best Farmers Competition at the dfcu Bank Head Office to a learning excursion in the Kingdom of the
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The government through the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is mooting plans to turn coffee growing and its production fashionable to attract the youths from Northern Uganda. The plans stem from reports that the youth who form about 22.7 percent of the country’s population and workforce as of the latest 2024
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Frank K. Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries , addressing the press at Uganda Media Centre Government has officially launched the registration of coffee farmers and other value chain actors as Uganda races to meet the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requirements that are aimed at ensuring
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Farmers under their umbrella Busoga sugarcane growers Union-BSU have asked the government to address challenges in the sugar industry. While meeting with the National Resistance Movement-NRM Deputy Secretary General, Rosemary Namayanjja on Thursday, the farmers said that sugarcane growing is the backbone of Busoga's economy, and called for the government's
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The Dairy Development Authority (DDA) has revealed an increase in prices of milk in the central and eastern regions of Uganda. According DDA, in August, the Central region experienced an increase of Shs 175 at the farm gate to Shs 1, 275. This is despite the fact that retail prices
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Uganda exported 837,915 60-kilo bags of coffee in August Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2024 amounted to 837,915 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 221.63 million (UShs820bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for August 2024. This is the highest number of bags to be exported in
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Coffee farmers from Busoga attending a sensitization workshop about EUDR Ssabalangira wa Busoga Kingdom, Moses Woira Mitala Kitimbo, who oversees the three Kingdom Counties of Bugabula, Budiope, and Buzaaya, has urged coffee farmers in Kamuli District to embrace the ongoing coffee registration exercise. Speaking during a regional stakeholders engagement
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