Coffee
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News
Uganda eyes coffee and cocoa farms as new tourism attractions
KAMPALA, August 20, 2026 — Uganda is set to integrate coffee and cocoa production into its tourism offering, with pilot agricultural tourism experiences expected to begin in selected farming regions in 2027.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
KAPCHORWA: Local SACCO enhances financial literacy and crop insurance awareness among women farmers
KAPCHORWA, August 17, 2026 — Wagagai Coffee Farmers’ SACCO in Kapchorwa district has trained members of the Kapletebe Tolosho Women Group in record keeping, savings and crop insurance as part of efforts…
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International
Early flowering raises coffee quality concerns in Brazil amid unusually wet weather
BRASILIA, August 6, 2026 — Brazil’s coffee-growing regions are witnessing unusually early flowering this year as abnormal weather patterns linked to the El Niño phenomenon continue to affect production, raising concerns over…
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Trade
Uganda coffee earnings plunge 37 percent in June as global prices weaken
KAMPALA, August 3, 2026 — Uganda’s coffee export earnings fell by 37.4 percent in June 2026 to US$175.5 million, as lower global prices and a decline in export volumes weighed on the…
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Agriculture
Hoima coffee farmers call for quality seedlings to boost production
HOIMA, July 31, 2026 — Leaders of Kigorobya Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited in Hoima district have called on the Government of Uganda to provide coffee seedlings to the cooperative’s members ahead…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Minister calls for greater accountability in PDM implementation in Yumbe
YUMBE, July 30, 2026 — The Minister of State for Defence and Veteran Affairs in charge of Veteran Affairs, Huda Oleru Abason, has directed Parish Development Model [PDM] implementers in Yumbe district…
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News
IMF warns Uganda over widening fiscal deficit despite strong economic growth
KAMPALA, July 29, 2026 — The International Monetary Fund [IMF] has raised concerns over Uganda’s weakening fiscal position, warning that rising government spending and debt-servicing costs could increase vulnerabilities despite continued strong…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Vietnam’s coffee success has come at the cost of decades of deforestation-report
BERLIN, July 23, 2026 — Decades of unchecked deforestation driven by coffee cultivation in Vietnam’s Central Highlands have taken a devastating toll on the country’s forests, according to a new investigation by…
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International
Indonesia plans to more than double coffee export value to US$ 5.5bln
JARKATA, July 22, 2026 — Indonesia’s Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has announced ambitious plans to more than double the country’s coffee export value to Rp 100 trillion [approximately US$ 5.5 billion]…
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Trade
Uganda’s annual export receipts jump 12.8 percent in May 2026
KAMPALA, July 22, 2026 — Year on year, Uganda’s merchandise exports grew by 12.8 percent from US$ 1.2 billion in May 2025 to US$ 1.34bln in May 2026, according to the Performance…
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