Coffee Production

Growing the crop

Production that keeps breaking records

Uganda is officially Africa's largest coffee producer and exporter, and the sixth-largest producer in the world. Around 80% of national output is Robusta from the central plateau (1,000–1,500 m.a.s.l.), with Arabica from the eastern, western and south-eastern highlands.

Our aim is to keep that growth sustainable: generating clean planting material, driving the clonal replanting programme, improving yields on old trees, and promoting Good Agricultural Practices for pest, disease and input management.

5.06Mbags exported FY 2019/20 — a national record

$494Mexport earnings, an all-time high

295Mcoffee trees on ~354,000 ha

80%of production is Robusta

By the numbers

Coffee production by region

Region	Area (ha)	Trees	Trees in production	Households	Trees / household	Share
Central	136,247	151,082,141	109,993,307	611,782	180	38%
Western	79,773	94,155,423	61,342,735	265,144	231	23%
Eastern	77,709	86,332,784	73,305,543	486,079	151	22%
South-West	40,292	49,549,569	29,430,081	258,182	114	11%
Northern	19,886	27,498,178	20,519,580	92,336	222	6%

Source: UCDA farmer-registration data (2014 baseline; national registration ongoing).

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