Coffee
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Cooperatives & Communities
Global coffee exports down 2.5 percent in October
Global exports of green beans in October 2022 totalled 8.5 million bags, compared with 8.72mln bags in the same month of the previous year, down 2.5 percent, according to the latest International…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Mukono farmers take up agroecological agriculture
MUKONO: In a bid to save the environment and boost food security, a section of coffee farmers in Mukono district under the guidance of Eastern and South African Farmers Forum [ESAFF] Uganda…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Africa coffee exports drop 5.1 percent as drought hits Uganda
KAMPALA-Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 5.1 percent to 13.73 million bags in coffee year 2021/22 from 14.48mln bags in the previous coffee year, International Coffee Organisation […
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Cooperatives & Communities
Ankole leaders, farmers to petition gov’t over coffee seedlings
RWAMPARA -Leaders and farmers in Ankole Sub-region districts Rwampara, Bushenyi, Mbarara, and Ntungamo districts plan to petition government after they received far fewer than the expected coffee seedlings from Uganda Coffee Development…
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News
Rainstorms hit Ibanda and Isingiro districts
IBANDA-A rainstorm has destroyed at least more than 300 acres of food crops in some villages of Ibanda district, leaving some households food insecure. Julius Bitwababo, the LC I Rwemengo I, Rwengwe…
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Agriculture
NaCORI unveils trap to catch coffee pests
MASAKA -In a bid to save coffee plantations in the Greater Masaka districts from the black coffee twig borers, the National Coffee Research Institute [ NaCORI ] has developed a bait trap,…
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International
Honduran coffee farmers hope for a brighter future
TEGUCIGALPA-Honduran coffee has been a good news story, it is an important export, and it is well regarded worldwide for its flavoursome speciality beans, but it is under threat from climate change.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu religious leaders urge coffee farmers to deal with BCU
SIRONKO– Religious Leaders from Bugisu Sub-region have urged coffee farmers from Sironko and Bulambuli districts to work with Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU], saying the cooperation will lead to the development of the…
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International
Trio of US murals celebrate Fairtrade, farmers and co-operation
MILWAUKEE -October in the United States is Fairtrade Month and Co-operative Month, and the two movements are joining forces to call for a fairer deal for farmers, according to news agencies there.…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Masaka farmers call for disease and drought-resistant coffee varieties
MASAKA– Farmers in the Greater Masaka region have appealed to give them coffee varieties that are disease and drought-resistant, saying they are tired of making losses in every harvesting season. The farmers…
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