Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry : Why Going Back to the Basics Matters
Uganda's coffee industry consists of low input-intensity smallholders with an average farm size of 0.2 hectares and is the main source of income for an estimated 500,000 households. Following its introduction earlier in the 20th century, the i...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7496021/restructuring-ugandas-coffee-industry-going-back-basics-matters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9577 |
| Summary: | Uganda's coffee industry consists
of low input-intensity smallholders with an average farm
size of 0.2 hectares and is the main source of income for an
estimated 500,000 households. Following its introduction
earlier in the 20th century, the industry expanded
considerably during the 1950s and 1960s. However, the sector
experienced a huge setback due to the civil strife of the
1970s, when output halved within a 5-year period (1972-77).
During the late 1980s, the sector went through a
liberalization process, which, coupled with high world
prices, led to considerable supply response, with exports
exceeding 4 million bags in two consecutive years (1995 and
1996), the only time in the sector's history. By all
accounts, the reforms have been successful. Producers'
share of export prices doubled and growers receive payments
promptly. Entrepreneurial activity has increased enormously.
Most important, there has been a well documented poverty
reduction impact on households of the coffee growing
regions. There has been no backtracking of reforms. |
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