MARKUP UGANDA
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Implementing Agency:
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)
Uganda national window: https://ugandacoffee.go.ug/markup-uganda -
Priority Sectors:
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Duration:
October 2018 - April 2024
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Budget:
EUR 3.64 million
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Results:
- Resistant varieties are developed and brought to market
- Reduced production, harvest and post-harvest losses and increased marketing opportunities for small-holders
- Increased small-holders price incentive through diversification into higher value export markets
- Strengthened institutional capacities for trade analysis, market surveillance, project management and research
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Partners/Direct Beneficiaries:
- Relevant Government ministries, departments and agencies
- National Coffee Research Institute (NACORI)
- Business support organisations in coffee and cocoa
- Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)
- SMEs and cooperatives in the cocoa and coffee value chains
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Key Achievements:
- Research trials for three disease resistant arabica coffee varieties supported
- Three resistant cocoa varieties characterised and phenotyped for distribution to farmers targeting international markets
- Six companies awarded matching grants to reduce losses in production, harvest and post-harvest and secure markets for small-holders
- 555 farmers supported with post-harvest handling equipment
- 33 bulk and collection centres established
- Four new coffee brands developed
- 6,133 metric tons of coffee and cocoa sold to EU markets by supported farmers
- 3,300 farmers implementing traceability systems in cocoa and coffee value chain
- 63 UCDA/MAAIF staff trained in market analysis on coffee and cocoa commodities and project cycle management
- UCDA laboratories quality control accredited to ISO 17025:2017 & ISO 17065: 2012 standards
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National Focal Point
Dr Emmanuel Iyamulemye
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) -
UCDA Contact:
Dr Emmanuel Iyamulemye;
UCDA, Coffee House, Kampala, Uganda