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International
Global coffee exports drop 11.6 percent in September 2023
KAMPALA, November 6, 2023 – Global green bean exports in September 2023 were 7.8 million bags, as compared with 8.83mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 11.6 percent,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Annual coffee exports fetch Uganda over US$ 940mln
KAMPALA, October 20, 2023 – Coffee exports for the coffee year [2022/2023] totaled 6.14 million bags worth US$ 940.36mln compared to 5.86mln bags worth US$ 877.66mln in the previous coffee year [2021/2022],…
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National
Uganda’s coffee exports surge in August 2023
KAMAPALA, September 18, 2023 – Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2023, the highest ever, hit 743,517 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 121.64 million, a rise of 48.19 percent and 70.73 percent in quantity…
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Africa
Africa coffee exports drop 1.1 percent as Uganda and Tanzania register growth
KAMPALA, September 8, 2023 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 1.1 percent to 1.37 million bags in July 2023 from 1.39mln bags in July 2022, the International…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Brazil can earn US$ 202.1bln with cooperativism in 2027, says OCB
BRASILIA – Brazil has the capacity to have revenues of R$ 1 trillion [about US$ 202.1 billion] with cooperativism and reach 30 million members in 2027, according to the president of the…
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International
How Brazil’s cooperatives could upset the specialty coffee status quo
BRASIL – Coffee cooperatives in Brazil are a beast like no other. And while many have historically grown commodity-grade coffee, more and more in recent years have shifted to specialty. The fundamental…
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Agriculture
Uganda coffee exports in May slightly lower
KAMPALA – Uganda’s coffee exports in May were 0.4 percent lower from shipments in the same period last year, undermined by a drought and war in Sudan which cut demand for the…
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International
WOCCU addresses UN Group to strengthen credit unions’ role in financial inclusion
NEW YORK—World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] Senior Vice President of International Advocacy Andrew Price recently outlined the various ways credit unions play a key role in growing financial inclusion for rural…
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International
Africa sees coffee exports drop 9.8 percent in May 2023
KAMPALA – Africa saw its coffee exports of all forms drop by 9.8 percent to 0.94 million bags in April 2023 down from 1.04mln bags in April 2022, the International Coffee Organisation…
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International
Cogecom’s power generation grows
BRAZILIA – Brazilian distributed generation cooperative Cogecom’s first quarter 2023 power generation grew by more than 150pc from full-year 2022 levels. Cogecom, which focuses on renewable power, generated what it said was…
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