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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The Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga (R) has applauded UCDA for the positive developments in the coffee sub sector. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Hon. Fred Bwino Kyakulaga has applauded the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) for the positive developments in the coffee sub sector. The Minister was
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UCDA Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye says Uganda is ready to supply the best coffee to Chinese Uganda, like many African countries, suffers from an enormous trade deficit with China. Last year, according to UN figures, Uganda exported just $40 million worth of goods to China but imported more than
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Coffee ready for export Uganda’s Coffee exports in April 2021 amounted to 537,538 60-kilo bags worth US$ 50.02 million (Shs176.76bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) report reveals. The April UCDA Report says this comprised 464,544 bags of Robusta valued at US$39.08 million and 72,994 bags of Arabica valued at US$
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Coffee is Uganda's leading cash crop and a top foreign exchange earner/courtesy photo In a letter dated March 25th 2020, the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development announced Shs490bn budget cuts from agencies and ministries which will be channeled to local governments to implement the agriculture Parish Model. The model aims
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Coffee ready for export Coffee exports in February 2021 amounted to 563,763 60-kilo bags worth US$50.55m (Shs185.4bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for February has revealed. This comprised 500,685 bags of Robusta valued at US$40.96m and 62,078 bags of Arabica valued at US$9.59m. This was an increase of 18.89%
Read MoreDr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the Managing Director at UCDA addressing coffee exporters The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is in the process of contracting a company to develop a Mobile App that will be used to register coffee farmers across the country. The revelation was made by Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the
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