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Africa
Africa coffee exports drop 1.1 percent as Uganda and Tanzania register growth
KAMPALA, September 8, 2023 – Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa decreased by 1.1 percent to 1.37 million bags in July 2023 from 1.39mln bags in July 2022, the International…
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Western
Tea farmers decry high prices of fertilisers
KYENJOJO – Tea farmers in Kyenjojo and Kabarole districts in western Uganda are concerned about the high prices of fertilisers which have affected production and quality of the green leaf. According to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
BCU farmers ask for equipment to produce soluble coffee
MBALE – Farmers under Bugisu Cooperative Union [BCU] have appealed to government to support them with a soluble coffee processing plant, saying soluble coffee earns better prices on the international market. Nathan…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Indonesia’s coffee exports forecast to decline
JAKARTA– Coffee exports from Indonesia in the market year 2023/24 are expected to decline by nearly one-third, reportedly due to weather-related supply shortages. The most severe shortages are expected in Robusta production,…
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East Africa
Ugandan traders petition gov’t as Tanzania bans rice and maize exports
MASAKA – Traders under Kampala Rice Traders Association have urged government through the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives [MTIC] to intervene in a matter where authorities in Tanzania have impounded Ugandan…
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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
Tea growers, BKCU to hold AGMs soon
KAMPALA – Shareholders of Kayonza Growers Tea Factory [KGTF] Limited will attend the company’s 27th Annual General Meeting on July 14, 2023, according to the company secretary, Kenneth Mutabaruka. Mutabaruka in the…
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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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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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Development
Rwenzori leaders to meet Museveni over stalled industrial park
KABAROLE – Leaders and stakeholders from Rwenzori Sub region have resolved to meet President Museveni over stalled Kabarole Agro Industrial Park. The industrial park ,which was launched in 2018 by the senior…
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