Coffee
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News
Uganda among targets as IDH launches regenerative coffee investment platform
KAMPALA, September 1, 2026 — The Netherlands-based Sustainable Trade Initiative, IDH, recently launched a four-year programme aimed at promoting what it describes as a regenerative and verifiable coffee supply chain across four…
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Trade
Africa’s coffee exports fall 13.5 percent in June as Uganda records a major decline
KAMPALA, September 1, 2026 — Coffee exports from Africa fell by 13.5 percent in June 2026, with a sharp decline in shipments from Uganda emerging as one of the major contributors to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coop farmers excited as NARO introduces new climate-smart agriculture technology
KIKUUBE, August 30, 2026 — Farmers in Kikuube District have a reason to smile after the National Agricultural Research Organisation [NARO], in partnership with a Japanese biotechnology firm, launched a campaign to…
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Trade
Brazilian coffee exports rise 9.9 percent at start of new season
BRASILIA, August 26, 2026 — Brazil exported 3.03 million 60-kilogramme bags of coffee, including green and processed products, in July, marking a 9.9 percent increase from the same month last year. According…
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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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