Tag Archives: UCDA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Cotton Development Organization (CDO), National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) today handed over their operations to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). Government says this is a move to streamline operations …

Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & URN | Like the Coffee Marketing Board (CMB) before it, the lifespan of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has come to an abrupt end. When the Managing Director and his board members hand over office, plus car keys today, it will be a formality.  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Directors of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and the National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS) will start New Year by handing over offices and government property. Also affected by the Parliament’s decision to repeal the various acts that established agencies, is the …

UCDA’s mega plan for Northern Uganda Coffee Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nursery bed operators in West Nile have been urged to invest in multiplying coffee seedlings. Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA is currently urging farmers in Northern Uganda to embrace large-scale coffee growing, owing to its abundant and conducive land …

UCDA aim to register up to 1.8 million coffee farmers by December 30 Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s government has registered 170,000 coffee farmers in just two weeks as part of a nationwide effort to comply with the European Union’s new coffee trade regulations. With a target of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 170,000 coffee farmers and value-chain actors have been registered in Uganda’s national database as the country approaches the December 31st deadline to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR). According to Israel Ssebugenyi, the Technology Development Manager at the Uganda Coffee Development …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi is demanding that the Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among disclose the identity of the people who attacked MPs during last week’s raucous debate on the coffee bill. Last week opposition Members of Parliament were physically lifted out of …

A recent report by the Inspectorate of Government concluded that each year, sh10 trillion (nearly 10% of GDP) is stolen by traitors in the Civil Service working with saboteurs on House Committees and favored private sector players. COMMENT | ANDREW BESI  | It began, we are told, with the arrival on …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A Sauti za Wananchi report by Twaweza, a non-governmental organization that tracks citizen’s views on a wide range of issues has found that as many as 68% of Ugandans reported that they are increasingly finding it very difficult to earn a living due to poverty.  “The …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has stepped up registration of coffee farmers and urged local government leaders to help raise awareness as part of the country’s effort to comply with European Union sustainability regulations. The appeal was made during a key stakeholders’ …