Coffee
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Trade
MAAIF orders coffee value chain actors to renew licences by September 30
KAMPALA, September 23, 2026 — The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries [MAAIF] has directed coffee value chain actors in Uganda to renew their trading, processing and related licences and certificates…
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Environment
SEGOP beneficiaries in Hoima count losses as drought destroys crops
HOIMA, September 23, 2026 — Older persons in Hoima district who received government funds under the Special Enterprise Grant for Older Persons [ SEGOP ] to improve their household incomes and welfare…
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Trade
Low coffee and cocoa prices shouldn’t worry farmers – Tumwebaze
ENTEBBE, September 22, 2026 — The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has advised Ugandan farmers not to panic over the recent decline in global coffee and cocoa prices.…
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News
Kikuube district receives additional Shs1.29bln for PDM beneficiaries
KIKUUBE, September 22, 2026 — Farmers who were yet to benefit from the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Kikuube district have a reason to smile after the Government released Shs1.29 billion to…
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News
Lira RDC, assistant, arrested over alleged misappropriation of PDM funds
LIRA, September 18, 2026 — Three Lira District officials, including Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Lillian Eyal, Assistant RDC Richard Okello and Parish Development Model [PDM] Focal Person Michael Okello, have been arrested…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Uganda to export over 3,500 tonnes of coffee annually to South Korea in new Busan deal
BUSAN, September 14, 2026 — Uganda has secured a new coffee export partnership with South Korean company GVCC Co. Ltd, in a deal expected to open a major gateway for Ugandan coffee…
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Environment
Gov’t faulted as coffee seedlings in Kalaki wither amid prolonged dry spell
KALAKI, September 9, 2026 — The leadership of Otuboi Subcounty in Kalaki district has raised concern over millions of coffee seedlings that have dried up in farmers’ gardens, blaming the losses on…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Lamwo’s Shs 13.1bln PDM funds lie idle as new SACCO boards await training
LAMWO, September 8, 2026 — More than Shs 13.1 billion disbursed to Lamwo district under the Parish Development Model [PDM] is still lying idle in bank accounts as newly elected Savings and…
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Agriculture
Gov’t to distribute free fertilisers to coffee, tea and cocoa farmers
ENTEBBE, September 4, 2026 — Government has launched the distribution of free fertilisers to coffee, tea and cocoa farmers across the country as part of efforts to boost yields, improve household incomes…
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Trade
Coffee exports earn Shs 756bln for Uganda in July 2026
KAMPALA, September 3, 2026 – Uganda exported a total of 846,376 60-kilogramme bags of coffee earning the much-needed foreign exchange of US$ 204.1 million [Shs 756 billion] in July 2026, according to…
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