"Uganda's coffee sector holds extraordinary potential, and this initiative demonstrates precisely the kind of public-private partnership that can unlock it."
"The project will establish new robusta mother gardens and nurseries across northern, central and western Uganda, with the goal of producing up to 460,000 high-yielding, CWD-resistant trees per year."
"In the drier north, grafting onto liberica rootstock will be used to improve drought tolerance."
World Coffee Research and UNIDO announced an €850,000 investment to improve Ugandan farmers' access to disease-resistant coffee varieties. The initiative, supported by Lavazza Foundation, J.M. Smucker Co., and JDE Peet's, aims to expand planting infrastructure. Uganda has become Africa's largest coffee exporter, generating $2.4 billion in export earnings. The project will establish robusta mother gardens and nurseries, producing up to 460,000 CWD-resistant trees annually. Grafting onto liberica rootstock will enhance drought tolerance, and genetic verification will ensure tree productivity and resilience.
Read at Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
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