Coffee
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Cooperatives & Communities
LCU, UCDA collaborate to introduce coffee growing in Lango
LIRA– Lango Cooperative Union [ LCU ] and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] are collaborating to ensure farmers in Lango Sub-region embrace coffee growing. According to Maxwell Patrick Akora, the chairman…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 40 PDM SACCOs in Kumi receive cash for beneficiaries
KUMI – A total of 1,083 Parish Development Model [PDM] beneficiaries in Kumi district have a reason to smile after their PDM SACCOs received the funds for disbursement. According to Kumi district…
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Africa
Planet-protecting coffee: Mozambique joins ICO
LONDON – Mozambique joined the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] at a ceremony held in London. The southern African state is committed to offering coffee lovers around the world environmentally-friendly and socially sustainable…
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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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Agriculture
UCDA donates tools to Namisindwa model farmers
NAMISINDWA – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has donated tools to the model farmers growing coffee in Namisindwa district in Eastern Uganda. The farm tools given to the model farmers include; pangs,…
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International
Switzerland becomes first country to ratify ICA 2022
LONDON – Switzerland last Thursday officially became the first country to ratify the ICA 2022, approved by members of the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] in June 2022. The country has been a…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Don’t spend PDM money on parties, Namisindwa residents warned
NAMISINDWA – Authorities in Namisindwa district have cautioned the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in the district against spending the received money on parties and other unproductive activities. The…
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Agriculture
Distribution of coffee seedlings starts in Northern Uganda
GULU – Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has started the distribution of coffee seedlings to farmers in Northern Uganda. The Acholi Sub-region extension officer for UCDA, Wilfred Oyella disclosed the development on…
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News
Global coffee exports drop 9.6 percent in March 2023
KAMPALA-Global green bean exports in March 2023 totalled 10.90 million bags, as compared with 12.06mln bags in the same month of the previous year, the International Coffee Organisation [ICO] says in its…
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International
India to host major coffee conference in September
KAMPALA – After the huge success of London [2001], Salvador [2005], Guatemala City [2010] and Addis Ababa [2016], the 5th edition of the World Coffee Conference [WCC] and Expo arrives for the…
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