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One of the leading coffee producing countries in Africa, the Robbs special coffee producing area of Uganda

Published: 2024-11-17 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/17, The output is among the highest in Africa, accounting for more than 70% of its total exports, while Uganda is also the hometown and main producing area of Robes specialty coffee. In the 1960s, Ugandan coffee production remained at 3.5 million bags a year. By the mid-1980s, coffee production had dropped to 2.5 million bags a year, mainly for political reasons. But now coffee production is on the rise again, which is now about 30% a year.

The output is among the highest in Africa, accounting for more than 70% of its total exports, while Uganda is also the hometown and main producing area of Robes specialty coffee. In the 1960s, Ugandan coffee production remained at 3.5 million bags a year. By the mid-1980s, coffee production had dropped to 2.5 million bags a year, mainly for political reasons. But now coffee production is on the rise again, currently about 3 million bags a year. Mainly exported to the European Union, among which Sweden, Italy and other countries are the largest coffee buyers, located between the east and west branches of the East African Rift Valley, tilting gently from west to middle, low and flat in the south. Margarita Peak is 5109 meters above sea level, which is the highest in the country. There are many rivers and lakes and a large water area, so Uganda is known as "plateau water village" and "Pearl of East Africa". Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world and Africa, accounting for 43% of Uganda's territorial area. The White Nile (White Nile), which flows from Lake Victoria, flows through most of the country. Its unique scenery includes tropical forests and tea trees on the snow-covered slopes of Mount Ruwenzori Mountains, dry plants in Karamoja, rolling savannas in Acholi, Bunyoro, Tororo and Ankole, and fertile cotton fields in Teso. Tropical climate. Because of the high terrain, most areas are warm all the year round. The average annual rainfall is 1 000 mm. Agriculture is the main pillar of the country's economy. The population of agriculture and animal husbandry accounts for 90% of the country. Crops include plantains, cassava, millet, sorghum, corn, etc. The Republic of Uganda, located in eastern Africa, is a landlocked country across the equator. Uganda is bordered by Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Lake Victoria to the southwest, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south, and Congo to the west.

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