Uganda Coffee production Mt.Elgon Region Elgon Mountain region

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Uganda ranks eighth in the world in coffee production, on a par with Peru and second in Africa after Ethiopia.

Every year, Uganda usually produces 3 million to 4 million bags of 60-kilogram coffee, accounting for only 2-3% of global production.

Far less than large producers such as Brazil (55 million bags) or Vietnam (25 million bags).

The main variety grown by Ugandan farmers is Robusta, which is of poor quality and is usually used for commercial mass production.

Folgers coffee, for example, is not sold to sophisticated coffee connoisseurs.

However, over the past century, coffee has been promoted to the most important and valuable industry in Uganda, worth more than US $400 million.

Coffee accounts for 20% of Uganda's national export revenue, estimated by the Uganda Coffee Association (Uganda Coffee Federation).

There are about 8 million Ugandans with most or all of their income coming from coffee. And about 90% of the country's coffee is produced by small farmers.

Mt.Elgon Region Elgon Mountain region, Uganda, Africa

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The Bugidu tribe lives in the mountains of Elgonne and has become farmers of coffee experts.

As the natural environment has not been damaged, so the production has been organically certified, which is a very special place.

Because the mountains are steep and there are few formed roads in the mountains during the rainy season, transportation is not easy, but the Bujisu use donkeys to transport raw beans, which solves the problem.

India uses elephants to transport coffee beans. So every time I drink Uganda, I feel the original enthusiasm for coffee.

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