Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters
After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. R...
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okr-10986-92722021-04-23T14:02:41Z Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters Baffes, John ADVERTISING AGRICULTURE AUCTION AUCTIONS BEANS BRANDS COCOA COFFEE COFFEE BOARD COFFEE EXPORTS COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PROCESSORS COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE PRODUCTION COFFEE SECTOR COFFEE TREES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES COTTON CROP CROPS CULTIVAR CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DONOR AGENCIES EAST EUROPE EXHIBITIONS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET FAIR FAIR TRADE FARM FARMERS GARDENS GDP GERMPLASM GINNERIES GREEN BEANS GROWTH RATE HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL MARKET LABOR FORCE MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET REFORMS MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLEMEN MONOPOLY NURSERIES ORGANIC COFFEE PRICE SETTING PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT QUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPLANTING RETAIL SALES SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SEEDS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN TAXATION TEA TRADEMARKS VALUE ADDED WILT After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing the share of specialty coffees. This paper concludes that such advice has been largely inconsistent with the stylized facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting program are the two key issues on which policymakers and the donor community should focus their activities and allocate their resources. 2012-06-26T18:15:07Z 2012-06-26T18:15:07Z 2006-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7095537/restructuring-ugandas-coffee-industry-going-back-basics-matters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9272 English en_US Policy, Research working paper;no. WPS 4020 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Uganda |
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ADVERTISING AGRICULTURE AUCTION AUCTIONS BEANS BRANDS COCOA COFFEE COFFEE BOARD COFFEE EXPORTS COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PROCESSORS COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE PRODUCTION COFFEE SECTOR COFFEE TREES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES COTTON CROP CROPS CULTIVAR CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DONOR AGENCIES EAST EUROPE EXHIBITIONS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET FAIR FAIR TRADE FARM FARMERS GARDENS GDP GERMPLASM GINNERIES GREEN BEANS GROWTH RATE HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL MARKET LABOR FORCE MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET REFORMS MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLEMEN MONOPOLY NURSERIES ORGANIC COFFEE PRICE SETTING PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT QUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPLANTING RETAIL SALES SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SEEDS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN TAXATION TEA TRADEMARKS VALUE ADDED WILT |
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ADVERTISING AGRICULTURE AUCTION AUCTIONS BEANS BRANDS COCOA COFFEE COFFEE BOARD COFFEE EXPORTS COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE PRICES COFFEE PROCESSORS COFFEE PRODUCERS COFFEE PRODUCTION COFFEE SECTOR COFFEE TREES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS COOPERATIVES COTTON CROP CROPS CULTIVAR CULTIVATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DONOR AGENCIES EAST EUROPE EXHIBITIONS EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKET FAIR FAIR TRADE FARM FARMERS GARDENS GDP GERMPLASM GINNERIES GREEN BEANS GROWTH RATE HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES INTERNATIONAL MARKET LABOR FORCE MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET REFORMS MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EAST MIDDLEMEN MONOPOLY NURSERIES ORGANIC COFFEE PRICE SETTING PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCT QUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REPLANTING RETAIL SALES SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SEEDS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN TAXATION TEA TRADEMARKS VALUE ADDED WILT Baffes, John Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing the share of specialty coffees. This paper concludes that such advice has been largely inconsistent with the stylized facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting program are the two key issues on which policymakers and the donor community should focus their activities and allocate their resources. |
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Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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restructuring uganda’s coffee industry: why going back to the basics matters |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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