The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) says that the country’s coffee exports are increasing, showing a gradual rise in the last two years.
“Coffee exports for Sep 2019 to Oct 2020 totalled to 5,409,054 bags worth $513.99m compared to 4,465,534 bags worth $435.81m the previous year,” UCDA noted in a tweet on Wednesday.
“This is a 20% and 18% increase in quantity and value. Performance attributed to increase in production, fruitation of new coffee trees and good weather,” the authority added.
In the last one year (since June 2019), the highest earnings from coffee exports of $48.2m were registered in January 2020 followed by the August 2019 earnings of $46.3m.
More so, Uganda’s coffee was ranked third best in the world by cup tasters who graded 1,229 coffees from around the world.
According to the Research Gate, studies show that Uganda is one of the largest producing and exporting countries of coffee products in the world.
Coffee production has heavily contributed to both domestic and foreign earnings in the country.
Moreover, coffee also serves as a primary source of labour, especially for the rural smallholder farmers.
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