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UgandaCoffee Federation
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AWord from the
ManagingDirector
of UgandaCoffee
Development Authority
DR.EMMANUEL
IYAMULEMYE
NIYIBIGIRA
I
would like to take this
opportunity to congratulate
the stakeholders in
the coffee industry upon
successful completion of the
2015/16coffee season. Let
me also thankUCFmembers
for thewarmwelcome and
support when I joinedUCDA
at theend of theCoffeeYear.
The year had a number of
challenges arisingmainly
from the longdry spells that
partly contributed to low
survival rate of thecoffee
seedlings planted in the
September-November 2015
andMarch-May 2016 seasons
and theoutput for the year. A
total of 3.315million60-kilo
bags of coffeewereexported
compared to3.455million
bags theprevious year. This
represents a 4.06%drop in
export volume. On the other
hand, the valueof coffee
exports droppedby 20% from
US$ 410million in theCY
2014/15 toUS$327million in
theCY 2015/16.
InAugust 2015, His
Excellency, thePresident
of theRepublicof Uganda,
issued adirective to increase
production from the current
4million60-kgbags to 20
million60-kgbags by 2020.
This strategy is in syncwith
theNational Development
Plan II which aims tomove
the country to a lowermiddle
income status by the year
2020.
During the year, theprinciples
for the revisionof the coffee
statutewas approvedby the
TopPolicyManagement of
theMinistry of Agriculture,
Animal Industry&Fisheries
(MAAIF). Once theprinciples
are approvedbyCabinet, the
