Good agricultural practices, higher yields, better incomes for coffee-producing smallholder farmers - with these goals Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung (HRNS) is starting to implement...
MALMÖ, Sweden – IKEA is launching PÅTÅR special edition, a new single-origin coffee from the White Nile region of Uganda, created in a partnership...
Coffee represents a multi-hundred-billion dollar industry, consumed almost entirely by industrialized nations while being cultivated, harvested and exported by the world's poorer nations.
And although...
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda Coffee Development Authority in partnership with the African Fine Coffees Association will provide specialty coffee training in preparation for the...
KAMPALA , Uganda – Local coffee farmers are set to eat big following a renewal of a partnership between the National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises (Nucafe) and Caffè River, an Italian large scale coffee roaster. This is a development that opens more market opportunities for Uganda’s coffee across Europe and beyond.
SIRONKO, Eastern Uganda – The Government of Uganda has prioritized increasing productivity of coffee from the current four million (60-kilogram) bags per year to 20 million bags by 2025. The coffee subsector, regulated by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), is expected to plant 300 million coffee seedlings per year ...
PHOENIX, Arizona, U.S. – Beginning in the summer of 2017, Phoenix based gift company Creative Brands will launch Sips, a new brand of drinkware, in six market cities. Products include glassware, ceramics, water bottles, dish towels and many more accessories to ensure that Sips is a one-stop shop for all drinkware needs.
LONDON, UK – Until recently Vietnam and Uganda shared a similar trajectory in the development of their coffee sectors. Today, Vietnam has emerged as the second largest coffee producer in the world. In Uganda, poor agricultural inputs and a failing institutional environment have resulted in low yields and slower development of the sector.