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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers of Nakatsi Sub County in Bududa district have rejected coffee seedlings by Operation Wealth Creation – OWC citing the dry season and poor quality. Over 200,000 coffee seedlings have been supplied and are abandoned at Nakatsi sub county headquarters and are now …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda exported a record 6.08 million coffee bags in the financial year 2020-2021, the highest total for 12 months in 30 years. Exports for FY20/21 were also worth $559m compared to 5.11m bags worth $496m in FY19/20. The figures were boosted by June’s 618,388 bags worth US$ 58.56m, …

Heart symptoms may influence your response | THE INDEPENDENT | The unmistakable taste and smell of coffee — not to mention its ability to perk people up in the morning — have made it one of the world’s most popular beverages. Better still, observational studies indicate that coffee may protect …

But the source of the precious commodity remains unknown Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Gold has surpassed tourism and coffee to become Uganda’s biggest earner of foreign currency amidst concerns over its source. Latest data from the central bank shows that the east African nation exported 35,943 kilograms of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s coffee export volumes surged by 22% in 2020 compared to the previous year. The growth has been revealed in the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report of December 2020. The figures for 2020 indicates that exports for calendar year January 2020 to December …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda has displaced India as the number one Coffee supplier on the Italian market. India is the seventh world leading Coffee producer with 348,000 metric tonnes per year, while Uganda follows in eighth position with 288,000 metric tonnes produced per year. But Uganda has the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Price fluctuations should not be a reason for farmers to stop investing their time and resources in coffee cultivation, Buganda Premier Charles Peter Mayiga has said. He says that for a farmer to demand for higher prices of the crop, he or she should have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has improved in the ranking of coffee quality produced according to the just released international rating. According to the Coffee Quality Institute of the United States of America, Uganda is third best of the countries producing quality coffee in the world. Uganda comes third …

Uganda’s coffee industry has recorded the highest ever export volumes as well as earnings for the Coffee Year 2019/2020 (Oct-Sept), signaling the crop’s steady recovery. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Latest data from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority shows that coffee exports for the 12 months amounted to 5.36 …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is now hiring coffee and health professionals to sensitise nationals on the benefits of consuming coffee. This is one of the steps being taken to ensure that the country, and especially the farmers earn more from their coffee. Uganda is Africa’s largest coffee …