COFFEE BEAN SCIENCE:
@narouganda coffee research team hosted representatives from German Coffee Roasting Company, @MAAIF_Uganda@CoffeeUganda & @TourismBoardUg #MukonoKituza research station. We are building synergies to promote 🇺🇬 coffee in global markets.
*Germany is one of the world's largest importers, roasters, and consumers of coffee.
*Coffee is the most popular drink in Germany, with 88% of people consuming it daily. #UgandanCoffee
#CoffeeIsGold
#PromotingKaffeeUganda
Insights about integrated farming of Cocoa, find more about the story in published paper @bukeddeonline this week with the Program Leader Cocoa Research Program, National Coffee Research Institute @NaCORIUganda
DID YOU KNOW?
*Coffee farmers struggle to find genuine seedlings.
*When they find the seedlings, they are expensive.
*Farmers trek or drive long distances to get seedlings.
*Many coffee farmers are falling victim to counterfeit suppliers, resulting in huge losses. @narouganda coffee research team & partners have set up a structured seed system designed to ensure that farmers get quality seedlings in time.
*Through #UgandaCoffeeSeedSystemProject, @NaCORIUganda will avail farmers with disease-free, high-yielding & drought tolerant coffee varieties.
*Access to these seedlings will be through designated centres across the country. #EmwanyiTelimba
#CoCoDEV Project Highlights:
Coffee & cocoa nursery operators are participating in a week-long practical retooling exercise @narouganda@rwebitaba research institute, Kabarole. Key areas of the training include; improved propagation procedures, general management and operating a coffee nursery and mother gardens as a business. The trainees are identified from key project areas across the country: Ntoroko, Lwengo, Masaka, Mayuge, Kibale, Mubende, Mbale, Lira, Ntungamo, Kamwenge, Karamoja, Gulu.
@narouganda coffee & cocoa research team @NaCORIUganda is taking lead on the training exercise.
The project is being implemented by @CoffeeUganda and @narouganda.
COCODEV - The Coffee, Cocoa Value-Chain Development Project was officially launched in 2014. The project aims at increasing availability & accessibility of high-quality foundation/starter seedlings for cocoa, arabica and robusta coffee. The project supports certified nursery operators to multiply the best seedlings & ensure that they reach farmers. Funded by @EUinUG through @CoffeeUganda is enhancing the quality of coffee and cocoa in 🇺🇬 through availing quality seedlings & postharvest handling practices. Together we are laying the ground work for a more resilient and prosperous future for Uganda's coffee and cocoa industries.
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COCOA: When setting up a new cocoa farm, intercrop the cocoa with food crops: banana, cassava, yam, beans, soya bean, groundnuts, maize to provide
initial shade for newly planted cocoa seedlings. These also serve as a source of food and income. #CoCoDevProject#CocoaIsTheNewGold
They Buy Our Coffee Cheap. They Sell It for Billions.
In 2021, Italy bought $178M of Uganda’s coffee as raw beans.
They processed it and made billions.
Two companies, Illy and Lavazza, earn over $52B yearly from coffee.
The problem isn’t markets.
It’s value addition.
#CoffeeEconomy #ValueAddition #UgandaCoffee
COCOA:
DID YOU KNOW?
Cocoa is a strategic commodity in🇺🇬 National Development Plan. 2026 cocoa production in 🇺🇬 is projected at 45,000 metric tons, up from 39,000. Three main types of cocoa are grown in Africa: Criollo, Forastero & Trinitario.
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