The grading system of Ugandan coffee introduces what are the producing areas of Ugandan coffee?

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Uganda, located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, is almost entirely on the East African Plateau, and Churchill praised it as the "Pearl of Africa". But Uganda is not dry at all, far from our impression of impoverished Africa. Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake, has 42.8% of its waters in Uganda, where the Nile originates. Although the equator crosses Uganda, Uganda is known as a "plateau water village" because of its high terrain, vertical and horizontal rivers and dotted lakes. These unique natural conditions have created the innate basis for the cultivation of coffee in Uganda.

More than a hundred years ago, European colonists brought coffee cultivation. Uganda now ranks eighth in the world in coffee production and second in Africa, after Ethiopia. In the past few decades, coffee has been promoted to the most important pillar industry in Uganda, accounting for 20 per cent of Uganda's national exports, which are the main source of foreign exchange earnings. This is a country that depends on coffee for a living. 1/5 Ugandans, about 8 million people, depend on coffee cultivation for a living. However, most of the plants planted by Ugandan farmers are Roberta, which is of poor quality and can only be acquired by multinational companies for commercial mass production.

Overview of Ugandan Coffee

Producing areas: Bugisu (Mount Elgonne), Lake Victoria Basin, Western Uganda, West Nile

Treatment: insolation and washing. Drugar (in the sun) and wugar (washing).

The British Imperial rating system is still used: AA,A,B,C,PB (Bean), E (Elephant)

Harvest season: October to February. The farming period is from April to August; flying crops (harvest in the second season with fewer flowers and less high-quality fruit)

Exports: the country is inland, so goods must travel by truck or rail to the seaport of Mombasa (Kenya) or Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) via neighboring countries.

Arabica, altitude: 1300-2300 m

Robusta: 9-1500 meters above sea level

Number of small farms: 500000

Number of households with income from coffee: 3.5 million

Export value: 4 million bags

Arabica variety: Kent, typica,SL-14,SL-28

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