KAMPALA: All is not well in the circles of Uganda’s leading export commodity coffee as latest records indicate a decline in both volumes and value.
Latest statistics from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) indicate that in June, which is the ninth month on the coffee calendar, there was a 7 per cent and 4 per cent decline in volume and value, respectively. Industry experts blame the poor performance on the dry spell in the country.
The executive director National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises, Mr Joseph Nkandu, said: “Climate change is having a toll on output from the field especially in areas south of the Equator. Farmers did not deliver much and this affected the value too.” According to the report, in June the country exported a total of 266,337 kilogramme bags down from 285,945 kilogramme bags exported in May.
