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UPDATE ON INVESTMENTS OPPORTUNITIES & MARKET TRENDS IN AFRICA'S FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
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Uganda's Coffee Ambitions: Brewing a Path to 20 Million Bags by 2030 By Vincent Moranga
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ganda's position along the equator offers favorable weather and fertile soils that support agriculture. One of Uganda's shining stars is its renowned product: Coffee, often celebrated as "the sweet aroma from the source of the Nile." Coffee production in Uganda is mostly grown by smallholder farmers on rain-fed plots less than an acre in
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size. Intercropping is widely adopted by Uganda farmers to protect against shocks when one crop does not perform well. Presently, coffee contributes nearly a third of the country’s export earnings. According to the USDA, coffee exports were 6.3 million 60-kg bags valued at US$862 million, which accounted for about 22% of all export earnings in the 2021/22 financial year, pointing to the FOODBUSINESSAFRICA.COM
