Mayiga visiting John Ssentongo Kyamanyi’s five-acre coffee farm in Butambala district recently Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom, has explained why retaining Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) as an independent entity is in the best interest of the stakeholders. Mayiga says the Buganda’s ‘Emmwanyi Terimba’ Initiative was
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Eng. Jossy Balissa Kuta in his coffee farm in Luweero. Coffee is Uganda's leading cash crop . Buganda and Bunyoro are one of the top coffee growing regions in Uganda The 2024 National Population & Housing Census report has revealed that the highest percentage of agricultural households (53%) undertook agricultural
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Mayiga visiting John Ssentongo Kyamanyi’s five-acre coffee farm in Butambala district recently Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom has expressed disappointment with Parliament after majority MPs voted in favour of the National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that seeks to reform Uganda’s coffee industry by abolishing the
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Parliament has passed the Cotton Development (Amendment) Bill, 2024, thus approving the proposal to abolish the Cotton Development Organisation and have its functions mainstreamed into the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries (MAAIF). Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture defended the mainstreaming and rationalization of the functions of
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Uganda earned Shs531.45bn from September coffee exports Uganda’s coffee exports in September 2024, amounted to 532,212 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 144.7 million (Shs531.45bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for September 2024. This comprised of 504,576 bags of Robusta valued at US $ 137.19 million and 27,636 bags of
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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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