Coffee is Uganda's key foreign exchange earner Uganda’s coffee exports in February 2025, amounted to 555,756 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 167.68 million (Shs614.85bn), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, has said. In its monthly report for February 2025, MAAIF says this comprised of 466,691 bags of Robusta valued
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