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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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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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News
Uganda’s February 2023 coffee exports up 6.3 percent
KAMPALA – Uganda increased its coffee exports by about 6.3 percent to 478,646 60-kilo bags in February 2023, Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] says in its latest report. According to UCDA, coffee…
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News
Uganda’s December 2022 coffee exports drop 22 percent
KAMPALA-Compared to the same month last year, Uganda’s coffee exports in December 2022 declined by 22 percent to 418,829 bags, earning the country US$ 59.54 million, says Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA].…
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Agriculture
Chief Whip Obua on campaign to extend coffee growing in Lango Sub-region
ALEBTONG – At least 300 farmers in Alebtong district are to be mobilised to embrace coffee growing in a move to extend the production of the perennial crop in Lango Sub-region, according…
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