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Parliament

Parliament has rejected a government proposal to merge the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the Cotton Development Organization (CDO) and the Dairy Development Authority (DDA), into the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). The legislators’ decision was premised on the justification that the four agencies do not

By Virginia Van Zandt On a red-soiled coffee plantation some 170 miles northeast of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, a young woman sorts coffee beans headed for a Trader Joe’s in Milwaukee. Endiro Coffee, a collective coffee firm made up of 518 Ugandan women in the mountainous Mbale region of eastern Uganda, just struck a

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories.

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - Uganda’s state-run sector regulator on Wednesday said Uganda coffee exports declined in September due to the impact of drought affecting many growing areas across the country. Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), in a report said the country shipped a total of 503,695 60-kg bags of coffee beans in September, down 14 per

Farmers fear they could lose premium markets for their beans but the government maintains it is negotiating better terms.

Agriculture

Agriculture

Uganda has been trading its coffee under the 2007 ICO agreement, which stakeholders say does not favour farmers and other players.