Uganda earned $1.35billion (about Shs4.990 trillion), from coffee exports between September 2023 August 2024, which indicates that the country now gets more from the over sea market, according to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). Read More…
According to the World Food Council, agriculture is directly responsible for 14 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, and broader rural land use decisions have an even larger impact. Read More…
Uganda’s tea industry saw a slight price surge at the recent Mombasa Tea Auction, with the national average climbing to $0.98 (Shs3,605.45) per kilogramme, up from $0.87 (Shs3,200) in August. Read More…
These groups are vital in optimizing resources all while facilitating market access hence boosting productivity, especially for smallholder farmers. Read More…
“The government failed to implement the EUDR regulations in time, but now it is biting us because EU buyers are not purchasing our coffee. The government needs to act quickly because they delayed releasing funds for farmer registration, “Sabiti said. Read More…
“This growth was driven by higher export volumes and an increase in International coffee prices. The increase in coffee export volumes was mainly on account of higher Robusta coffee yields from the Greater Masaka and southwestern regions of Uganda,” it explains. Read More…
The reduction is blamed on a cocktail of issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and a growing demand for food, fibre, feed and energy required for the growing population. Read More…
Over the past one year, farm-gate prices have seen a steep decline, plummeting from around sh500 to a current range of sh130 to sh300. In some areas, Onesimus Matsiko, a tea sector expert and farmer, says middlemen are offering as little as sh130 per kilogramme, with the person harvesting the tea taking sh100 of that…
Small-scale farmers have been encouraged to participate in the National Seed Oil Project, which aims to produce raw materials for vegetable cooking oil for both domestic and commercial use. The project promotes crops such as soybeans, groundnuts, sesame, and sunflowers, which mature within ninety days. Read More…
Bags of Ugandan coffee stored at a bulking centre as they await shipping to overseas markets. Over 60% of the country’s coffee ends up in the EU market signifying its importance to Uganda. With about 150 days left before the European Union (EU) market begins implementing its tough ban on import of ‘deforestation-related products,’…