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Uganda Farmers Move To Mark Coffee Produce

A section of farmers, under their umbrella body National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (Nucafe), are working with the European Union (EU) to try to mark coffee and relate it to its region of production as part of a bigger plan of penetrating deeper into the export market.... Read More

July 17, 2018    By admin

Coffee revolution looks set to transform Uganda

The Uganda government’s aim to sharply raise coffee revenue looks increasingly more achievable as annual production jumps by more than one million bags. However, as pointed out at the 16th African Fine Coffee Conference in Kampala recently, a few bumps stand in the way of the multi-billion dollar dream. On... Read More

July 17, 2018    By admin

Bloomberg Philanthropies Giving $10M Toward Women-Grown Coffee Development

At its U.S.-Africa Business Forum today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute, established to help improve the livelihoods of women coffee farmers in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo through training and market access. It’s an astounding donation amount, following a previous similar... Read More

July 17, 2018    By admin