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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA coffee laboratory awarded Q venue certification
KAMPALA, February 26, 2024 – The Coffee Quality Institute [CQI], the world’s leading body in coffee quality training and certification, has awarded Q Venue certificate to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA].…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA to build coffee analytical lab in Gulu City
Lira, January 30, 2024 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [ UCDA ] plans to establish a coffee analytical laboratory in Gulu City in the next five years, saying this will boost…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee farmers in Lango urged to practice simple irrigation
LIRA, January 19, 2024 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has advised farmers in Lango Sub-region to practice simple irrigation on their coffee farms during drought, saying it is cheap. According…
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National
Annual coffee exports earn Uganda US$ 958.6mln
KAMPALA, DECEMBER 20, 2023 – Uganda’s coffee exports for the twelve months [December 2022- November 2023] totaled 6.13 million fetching the country about US$ 958.6mln compared to 5.8mln bags worth US$ 883.3mln…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UCDA re-opens primary coffee factories in Buganda and Busoga
KAMPALA, October 12, 2023 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has reopened all primary coffee factories in the Greater Mukono, Greater Luweero, and Busoga regions, effective October 11, 2023. According to UCDA,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Bugisu coffee dealers trained on quality standards
MBALE, September 11, 2023 – The Uganda Quality Coffee Traders’ and Processors Association [UQCTPA] has trained coffee dealers in Bugisu Sub-region to enable them to increase productivity. UQCTPA brings together over 3,000…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Coffee and cocoa coops to benefit from Shs 32.8bln project
KAMPALA– Cooperatives, associations, communal groups, and community business organisations engaged in coffee or cocoa business stand to benefit from a project Shs 32.8 billion [EUR 8mln]. Dubbed Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain…
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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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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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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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