Uganda coffee exports for the month of July 2024 registered a significant increase of 26.15% and 98.68% in quantity and value respectively compared to the same month last year. According…
Last week, Parliament invited public views on the draft Contract Farming Bill 2023. The Bill provides a legal framework for predetermined prices of future agricultural produce and consolidation of pieces…
Uganda’s coffee exports for the financial year 2023/24 have achieved an unprecedented milestone, reaching an all-time high of USD 1.14 billion. The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) reports that these…
It was not just out of expediency that Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Jumah Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) royal family generously offered seven cargo planes to…
The issue of over taxation has dealt a severe blow to the Ugandan fish maw trading industry, forcing many traders out of the market. Fish maw traders petitioned the Parliamentary…
According to FPU, only a handful of fishermen and boat owners have been able to pay the mandatory sh150,000 to sh175,000 annual tax and in similar fashion only a few of these have the necessary standard gear to permit them to operate.
Uganda registered the highest coffee exports ever with 743,517; 60-kilogramme bags worth 121.64 million dollars in August 2023, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has announced in its monthly report…
At 6% annual increment in milk production, investments in milk and milk products processing for local, region and international market is very critical. Currently, 80.2% of the total milk produced is marketed, 34% of the marketed milk is processed; while 66% is sold raw.
President Yoweri Museveni has rallied coffee-producing nations across the African continent to cease the export of unprocessed coffee beans and instead focus on enhancing value addition. Museveni who on Tuesday…