Uganda is earning big from coffee exports Uganda’s Coffee exports in August 2021 amounted to 700,990 60-kilo bags worth US$ 75.09 million (Shs264.7bn), says the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) report for August 2021 . This comprised 636,458 bags of Robusta valued at US $65.24 million and 64.532 bags of
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PostBank Branch Manager Mubende, Ms. Margaret Nakkazi (C) and Mr Jimmy Ocen, Manager Agricultural lending PostBank (2nd R) Uganda pose with farmers in Mubende after 2021 Agriculture Forum PostBank a financial institution that is committed to empowering lives, has today launched a series of agricultural forums in seven districts. These forums
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UCDA will register all coffee farmers On August31, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni assented into law the National Coffee Bill 2021. The National Coffee Act, 2021 was Gazetted on September 13, 2021. The law has since become controversial, thanks to misinformation. A number of people have not read the Act, with
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Ministers Bright Rwamirama (1st Left) and Frank Tumwebaze (2nd Left) at the inauguration of DDA board The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze has tasked the newly inaugurated board of the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) to come up with a policy paper which he says will be
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Uganda has climbed to 7th position in the latest global rankings of the 10 top coffee producers in the world. This revelation has been made by Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the Managing Director at Uganda Coffee Development Authority via his Twitter handle. Iyamulemye was quoting the International Coffee Organization production figures
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Ambassador Adonia Ayebare (C) led other diplomats in tasting Uganda coffee The permanent mission of Uganda to the UN together with Inspire coffee held a two day coffee cupping and tasting event in New York from the 9th to the 10th of September 2021. The first one was hosted by the REMI43,
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Nsereko in his Sugar Napier garden. He says sugar Napier is good for silage Millions of farmers in Uganda keep cattle, goats and sheep for many reasons including commercial purposes. However, many farmers get less profits from their animals because of limited nutritious pastures. As a result, the animals are characterized by
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Amb. Kinyera receiving Uganda Sipi Coffee Cold Brew from Ms. Candy Schibli a coffee roaster in the US The Embassy of Uganda to the United States, in Washington, DC today held a coffee cupping and tasting event at the official Chancery. The event, organized in partnership with Inspire Africa Coffee
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Total Uganda, Stanbic Bank and Roofings bosses shortly after signing the partnership Stanbic Bank, Total Uganda and Roofings have today announced a tripartite partnership to support over 250 secondary schools to plant at least 150, 000 fruit trees in a bid to redevelop Uganda’s receding forest cover. Under the tripartite, at least
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Coffee is Uganda’s major cash crop, both in terms of foreign exchange earnings and employment creation. Coffee as a commodity has continued to play a leading role in the economy of Uganda, contributing between 20 – 30% of the foreign exchange earnings, despite the vigorous efforts by government to diversify
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