Coffee
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Agriculture
Coffee farming improves livelihoods of PDM beneficiaries in Masaka City
MASAKA CITY, July 10, 2026 — The Parish Development Model [PDM] has significantly improved the livelihoods of thousands of households in Masaka City over the past three financial years. The PDM is…
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News
Cooperatives, coffee cited as Buganda Kingdom unveils Shs 409.3bln budget
KAMPALA, July 9, 2026 — Cooperatives and coffee have emerged as key pillars of Buganda Kingdom’s development agenda after the Kingdom unveiled a Shs 409.315 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year,…
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Trade
Uganda earns Shs 8.3trn from coffee exports despite May decline
KAMPALA, July 6, 2026 – Uganda earned US$ 2.3 billion [about Shs 8.3 trillion] from coffee exports over the 12 months to May 2026, despite a significant decline in export volumes and…
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Agriculture
Teso farmers urged to embrace coffee growing to boost incomes
SOROTI CITY, July 4, 2026 — Coffee experts are urging farmers in Uganda’s Teso Sub-region to embrace coffee cultivation as an alternative cash crop that can provide a more reliable source of…
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Legal
Kalungu district tightens measures to curb coffee theft
KALUNGU, July 2, 2026 – The Kalungu District Security Committee has resolved to deny police bond and oppose court bail for suspected coffee thieves, as part of tougher measures aimed at curbing…
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Agriculture
Speaker Oboth champions coffee and cocoa as tools to fight poverty in Bukedi
TORORO, July 1, 2026 — The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has urged communities in the Bukedi Sub-region to harness the economic potential of coffee and cocoa production as a means…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kitgum coffee cooperative targets 140,000 seedlings annually
KITGUM, July 1, 2026 — Mucwini Coffee Growers’ Co-operative Society Limited in Kitgum district, Northern Uganda, is transforming coffee seedling scarcity into surplus, with an ambitious target of producing 140,000 seedlings annually…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Farmers in Tooro inspired to form cooperative for improved production and market access
FORT PORTAL CITY, July 1, 2026 — Coffee farmers in Tooro Kingdom have resolved to form a cooperative union aimed at increasing production, strengthening bargaining power and improving collective access to markets.…
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News
Farmers count losses as heatwave destroys crops in Zombo
ZOMBO, July 1, 2026 — Small-scale commercial farmers in Zombo district in the West Nile Subregion of Uganda are counting heavy losses after a prolonged dry spell and intense heat severely damaged…
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Environment
Fairtrade’s Plot Insights gives cooperatives an edge in preparing for EU deforestation rules
BONN, June 30, 2026 — Fairtrade International has launched Plot Insights, a new digital system designed to help coffee and cocoa cooperatives manage, analyse and securely share geolocation data as they prepare…
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