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38 Sustainable Coffee Areas in Uganda White Nile Coffee: This is Arabica Coffee that comes from the North Western Part of Uganda. The coffee is characterized by having a rich creamy, buttery body, refined acidity with a clean disappearing aftertaste. Rwenzori Coffee Rwenzori Arabica Coffee is grown on the Volcanic Soils along the slopes of mountain Rwenzori located in the western region of Uganda. The Coffees are constantly irrigated by the waters from the crater lakes of Mount Rwenzori. The naturally processed Rwenzori Coffees have a strong mouth feel with a floral and winy flavor, while the wet processed coffees have a tight knit month feel, soft acidity and distinctive flavor. Nyakishenyi Arabica Coffee: Grown in the highlands of Southwestern Uganda, this Nyakishenyi coffee has a well balanced cup with a crispy acidity, smooth mouth feel and a rich flavor. Kisoro Arabica Coffee Grown on the slopes of Mountain Muhavura in the South Western Uganda, it has a lively acidity, creamy mouth feel, a sweet flavor with a pleasantly lingering aftertaste. Mount Elgon Coffee: This is a fully washed Arabica Coffee grown in the volcanic soils on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Eastern Uganda. The beans produce a round bodied brew with a complex flavor characteristics a lively acidity and pleasant lingering. Bugisu Arabica Coffee Grown in the Highlands of Eastern Uganda Bugisu Arabica has a smooth body, sweet flavor, refined acidity and pleasantly lingering aftertaste. Uganda Fine Robusta Coffees: Special Attributes • Robusta coffee originates from Uganda • High Altitude grown (900 -1500m) that enhances acidity, a mild soft sweetness and give it a neutral Robusta taste. • Generally cultivated with no application of chemical fertilizers, fungicides or pesticides so it is organic by default. • It has high frothing properties suitable and ideal for espressos. • There is availability of the crop throughout the year. Source: Uganda Coffee Development Authority
Around the region The 2011/12 coffee season came to an end last month with the Eastern Africa region producing/exporting about 500,000 Mt of coffee (8.5 million bags). There were notable declines in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania on previous year’s crop. However, this is likely not to be a decline in production but an increase in producer stocks due to the falling market price trend which encourages producers to withhold stocks in the hope of a quick re-bounce. In the 2012/13 season, production is expected to increase as the market stabilizes and producers release stocks in order to accommodate new crop. Expected increases are in Ethiopia and Uganda due to stock turnovers, Kenya, Burundi and Tanzania due to the counter cycle. The other countries are more or less even. All the countries face better prospects resulting from investments in agro-input use spurred by the recent good coffee prices. Sales of new crop have started in earnest in Kenya and Tanzania with both auctioning average 15,000 bags weekly, Ethiopia and Uganda. Peak sales are expected in the quarter January to March 2013. Country 2011/12 Production/Export 2012/13 Estimate (Mt) (Mt) % change Burundi* 14,000 23,000 60 Ethiopia* 169,000 200,000 18 Kenya** 45,000 50,000 10 Malawi 1450 1,500 20 Rwanda* 14,000 20,000 40 Tanzania** 34,000 55,000 60 Uganda* 163,000 196,000 5 Zambia 800 800 0 Zimbabwe 330 380 5 Congo DR 21,000 21,000 0 TOTALS *Export figures ** Auction sales figures 462,580 567,680 22 Table 1: Regional 2012 Production and 2013 Estimates in Metric Tons (Mt) (source: national coffee authorities and industry) Uganda: Regional Overview: Although the 2011/12 crop is down on previous year, the production trend for Uganda coffee is upwards. Of particular note is the trend of the Arabica variety which is has been growing on average 5% annually. Robusta on the other hand has weathered the scare of the coffee Wilt Disease (CWD) and should recover and grow from here supported by good policy and improved international prices. The coffee industry in Uganda is in a good state of harmony with good engagement between government and private sector that are working together well and supporting industry for growth. This is exemplified by the now regular coffee days, where industry players meet and exchange ideas and views on how to grow the sector. It is likely the coffee research centre (COREC) will be upgraded into an independent research body for coffee following concerted industry engagement with the authorities. This will have the effect of attracting funding to coffee research from both public and private sector. From the forgoing, Uganda’s 2012/13 crop should return to over 3.3 million bags and barring any sudden calamities see production move to the 4.5 million bags in the next 5 years as the UCDA has set in its strategic plan. Figure 1: Uganda 7 Year Historical Coffee Exports 39
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