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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okr-10986-95772021-04-23T14:02:46Z Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry : Why Going Back to the Basics Matters Baffes, John ACTION PLAN AUCTION BEAR BURNING CIVIL STRIFE COFFEE COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE RESEARCH COFFEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE COFFEE TRADE COFFEE TREES COMMODITY CULTIVAR DISEASE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION EMERGING MARKETS FARM FARMERS FARMING GARDENS GERMPLASM HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INFECTION INFECTION RATE ISSUES MARKET POSITION MARKETING MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EASTERN NURSERIES PLANT REHABILITATION REPLANTING SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLY CHAIN SURVIVAL RATE TREE WILT 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. 2012-08-13T09:00:24Z 2012-08-13T09:00:24Z 2007-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7496021/restructuring-ugandas-coffee-industry-going-back-basics-matters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9577 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 272 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Uganda |
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ACTION PLAN AUCTION BEAR BURNING CIVIL STRIFE COFFEE COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE RESEARCH COFFEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE COFFEE TRADE COFFEE TREES COMMODITY CULTIVAR DISEASE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION EMERGING MARKETS FARM FARMERS FARMING GARDENS GERMPLASM HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INFECTION INFECTION RATE ISSUES MARKET POSITION MARKETING MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EASTERN NURSERIES PLANT REHABILITATION REPLANTING SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLY CHAIN SURVIVAL RATE TREE WILT |
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ACTION PLAN AUCTION BEAR BURNING CIVIL STRIFE COFFEE COFFEE GROWERS COFFEE INDUSTRY COFFEE MARKET COFFEE PLANTS COFFEE PRICE COFFEE RESEARCH COFFEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE COFFEE TRADE COFFEE TREES COMMODITY CULTIVAR DISEASE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION EMERGING MARKETS FARM FARMERS FARMING GARDENS GERMPLASM HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES INFECTION INFECTION RATE ISSUES MARKET POSITION MARKETING MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLE EASTERN NURSERIES PLANT REHABILITATION REPLANTING SEEDLING PRODUCTION SEEDLINGS SPECIALTY COFFEE SPREAD SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLY CHAIN SURVIVAL RATE TREE WILT Baffes, John Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry : Why Going Back to the Basics Matters |
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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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Baffes, John |
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Baffes, John |
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Baffes, John |
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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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