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Q&A: How Financing Can Unlock Uganda’s Agricultural Potential — Prof. Paul Kibwika

Prof. Kibwika and his wife receiving their award from Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture. They emerged as overall winners of the 2024 Best Farmers Competition, supported by dfcu Bank Prof. Paul Kibwika is an Associate Professor in the Department of Extension and Innovation Studies at Makerere University’s College of

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dfcu-Sponsored Netherlands Trip Sparks Transformation at Elgon Cooperative Union, Benefiting Over 1,600 Coffee Farmers

Godfrey Bwaya (2nd left) receiving his award at the Best Farmers Awards 2024.     Elgon Cooperative Union (ECU), based in Bududa District, recently received the Special Category Award at the 2024 dfcu Bank & Vision Group Best Farmers Awards. The recognition highlighted the Union’s outstanding contributions to coffee production

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New High-Yielding Coffee Varieties Poised to Transform Uganda’s Coffee Sector

Dr. Godfrey Sseremba, the Head of Breeding at NaCORI, inspecting coffee trees at the institute The National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI) is spearheading research projects aimed at developing new, high-yielding coffee varieties to ensure sustainable coffee production in Uganda. In an interview with Business Focus, Dr. Godfrey Sseremba, the Head

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Inside The Rigorous Process Of Developing Drought-Tolerant Coffee Varieties

Dr. Pascal Musoli, Senior Research Officer at NaCORI The European Union (EU), through its partnership with the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), is playing a pivotal role in advancing coffee research in Uganda. With a commitment of €713,000, the EU is supporting the National Coffee Research Institute

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NaCORI’s Drought-Tolerant, High-Yielding Coffee Varieties Performing Well In Field Trials-Researchers

NaCORI says drought-tolerant varieties are performing well in field trials. They are high yielding and have bigger beans/ Ali Milton photo Climate change-characterized with prolonged dry spells is threatening the future of coffee production in Uganda. Coffee, a major foreign exchange earner for Uganda, is largely produced by small scale

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dfcu Bank’s Rotary Club of Kampala Blue Hearts: A New Model of Corporate Service in Uganda

Helena Mayanja, the Head Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at dfcu Bank On August 30, 2025, dfcu Bank launched Uganda’s first corporate Rotary Club-The Rotary Club of Kampala Blue Hearts,  a groundbreaking partnership between dfcu Bank and Rotary International that allows our people to actively serve communities while building networks and

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