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 $65.24 million and 64.532 bags of
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UCDA will register all coffee farmers On August31, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni assented into law the National Coffee Bill 2021. The National Coffee Act, 2021 was Gazetted on September 13, 2021. The law has since become controversial, thanks to misinformation. A number of people have not read the Act, with
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UCDA boss Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye (L) interacting with Rev. Fr. Simon Peter Kyambadde, Projects Coordinator Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese & Fr. Emmanuel Tamale. Under the National Coffee Roadmap, Uganda targets raising annual coffee production to 20 million bags by 2025. Promoting concessions for coffee production on large underutilised land is one of
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Aloysious Ssendegeya wants to empower youth through coffee Ugandans are increasingly venturing into coffee value addition as the country’s volumes continue to increase. This is a result of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) efforts to increase coffee production to 20 60kg million bags by 2025. Aloysious Ssendegeya, 25, is one of
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Coffee ready for export A total of 572,839 60-kilo bags of coffee valued at US$ 53.52 million were exported in March 2021 at an average weighted price of US$ 1.56 /kilo, 6 cents higher than US$ 1.50 /kilo in February 2021, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for March
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Nangoli besides his finished products. Kikobero coffee is now exported to UK Martin Nangoli, 47, was born in a poorly managed coffee garden and isolated family in Kikobero village, Masira Sub-county in present day Bulambuli district. He says his family and village were a laughing stock because his parents were hunters whose future looked
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Uganda earns millions of dollars from coffee exports The export of Coffee isn't as complicated as many first timers think. Lack of information however makes it so. The Ministry of Trade , Industry and Cooperatives through the Uganda Trade Information Portal has moved to bridge this information gap. The Trade
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Coffee seedlings in a nursery bed/Business Focus photo A total of 1.26 billion coffee seedlings had been supplied by private coffee nursery operators and planted in 114 districts out of the 146 districts of Uganda as at the end of 2019. This was revealed by Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja, the Minister of Agriculture,
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Farmers have been urged to apply Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) and pick only red/ripe cherries /Courtesy photo Uganda’s coffee exports have been increasing in recent years. In 2014, Government through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) embarked on a countrywide drive to replant coffee in the country in order to revive
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Uganda Coffee Federation and Uganda Coffee Development Authority are have announced that Mbale City will host the Uganda Coffee Day 2021 on 7th October 2021. In a communication to coffee stakeholders , Paul Martin Maraka, Chair – Organising Committee and the Ag. Executive Director at Uganda Coffee Federation said Mbale City
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