Sowedi Sserwadda in coat, the Kibinge Coffee Cooperative Chairperson with another farmer in a demonstration farm. Sserwadda wants Lukwata and co-accused colleagues prosecuted The Manager of Kibinge Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Bukomansimbi District is on the spot for alleged misappropriation of 830 Million Shillings. Members of the cooperative are
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Maize remained the main temporary crop cultivated by agricultural households at 69% in season one and 48% in season two. There was a decline in staple food production across the country in the 2018/2019 Agriculture year, a survey by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics has revealed. The head of the
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Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira will serve as UCDA Managing Director for more five years The new Board of Directors of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has reappointed Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira as the Authority’s Managing Director, Business Focus exclusively reveals. Iyamulemye first became UCDA Managing Director in October 2016. He stepped aside
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Clare Rwakatogoro with her fellow cup tasters Fidel Bakomeza (left) and Raphael Wafoyo (C) during the Specialty Arabica Coffee cupping finals on 27 October 2021 Coffee has endless flavour notes. These may not be obvious to the ordinary coffee drinker but can be experienced through a coffee tasting technique called
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A Coffee plant affected by the pest Black Coffee Twig Borer has invaded coffee plantations in Busia District leaving farmers counting losses. The borer attacks the twigs rendering the plant incapable of bearing coffee beans. When a twig borer attacks a coffee plant, it creates holes in it and causes a white
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Minister Tumwebaze stands before the donated equipment Uganda has received a consignment of big trucks, spray equipment and bikes from Food and Agriculture Organization and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Uganda to build the country’s readiness to respond to any future desert locusts invasion. The equipment was received by Minister incharge
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Ahmed Nyombi Mukiibi, the Kalungu LC5 Chairman, carrying one of the pigs during the distribution exercise. Ahmed Nyombi Mukiibi, the Kalungu LC 5 Chairman is under fire from the Muslim community in the district for flouting Islamic principles. Trouble for Mukiibi started when he was seen physically handing pigs to
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Minister of Agriculture Frank Tumwebaze The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries wants Parliament to approve supplementary budget of Shs70bn to purchase tractors to help farmers across the country. The supplementary request was tabled by Minister of Agriculture Frank Tumwebaze while appearing before the budget committee chaired by Kachumbala county MP, Patrick
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Uganda’s coffee exports are on the rise Uganda in August 2021 overtook Vietnam as the second-largest supplier of coffee to Italy behind Brazil, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has said. “This year, #UGCoffee exports have increased to their highest level in three decades. Uganda coffee is now highly sought after globally
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The winner of the competition receiving the award Bros Coffee Ltd is the winner of the inaugural Uganda-UK Arabica coffee cupping competition, an initiative of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the British High Commission in Kampala and the United Kingdom. The process that took about 2 months with about
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