UCDA legal manager, Eunice Kabibi addressing the coffee sub sector stakeholders at Peaceful Gardens in Nakaseke on Wednesday Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has started a countrywide sensitisation drive of coffee farmers on the new law – the National Coffee Act No. 17 of 2021. The Act repealed and replaced
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Minister Rwamirama (2nd Left) launching the fertilizer distribution programme in Bunyoro The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has launched fertilizer distribution under the coffee rehabilitation programme in Bunyoro region in a move that will see under productive and old coffee become more productive. In Western Uganda, the programme will
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Uganda is earning big from coffee exports World coffee exports for October totaled 9.68 million bags down by 4.4% from 10.13 million bags in October 2020, the November 2021 report by Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed. It adds that total exports for Coffee year 2020/21 totaled 128.93 million
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Businesswoman Amina Moghe Hersi is behind Atiak Sugar Factory Fire has destroyed an estimated 200 hectares of sugarcane under Atiak Sugar Factory, which belongs to Horial Investments Company Limited in Amuru District. The fire believed to have been set by unknown people was first reported to the local authorities
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An nearly aimless scan through a message on Facebook helped a university student in Mbarara city to start a piggery project. On March 18, 2020, when Carol Namagembe Nanyazi returned home from school at Northwest University in South Africa, is the day President Yoweri Museveni announced the first lockdown due
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UCDA MD, Dr. Iyamulemye speaking to beneficiaries of the EACMARKUP project at an induction meeting held at UCDA headquarters in Kampala on Wednesday Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has unveiled six companies that will benefit from EUR 3.48million (Shs13.98bn) East African Community Market Access Upgrade Project (EACMARKUP) project funded by the European Union. Out of the six
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Cotton farmers in East Acholi are excited about the record-high price of cotton, which has hit Shillings 3,000 a kilogram after a decade. The last time cotton cost this much was in 2011. In September, the Cotton Development Organization-CDO announced the indicative price of a kilogram of cotton at
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Marijuana farming is common in Busia Stephen Mugeni Wasike, the Busia district LC V chairperson wants the government to construct a marijuana processing facility in the border export zone market. Construction of Shillings 800billion Busia export zone market, which is ongoing in Masafu town council, is expected to be completed in
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Laura Walusimbi, the Corporate Communications Manager at UCDA and UCDA MD Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye pose for a photo with the award Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) was recognized by the Visionaries of Uganda at the 9th edition of the Awards held on Thursday 2nd December 2021 for its regulatory role in
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Geoffrey Ocakacon checks on some of the Sasso bird breeds at his poultry farm in Unyama B village in Gulu City. When Geoffrey Ocakacon foresaw minimal chances of his contract being renewed by his employer in December 2020, he knew it was time to prepare early for life away from
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