FarmTrust International

04/08/2024

04/08/2024

Are you in farming???

This is the time to apply local manure

Please do as quick as possible before rains disrupt your

There is no small manure, apply any quantity depending on your capacity

24/06/2024

18 months, Robosta

16/01/2022

Farmtrust has identified 10 acres of banana plantation for sale. It's at take off (3 years) in Rwampara district. Starts from a swamp (ready water) and connects to the road. Asking price 120m

21/05/2021

You can plant one or two in the corners of your compound, I personally love looking at it every morning because of my passion for banana farming

05/05/2021

https://www.facebook.com/128467260577581/posts/4108742722549995/

If, like me, you have operated at a very high level & need to make a fresh start, you have to climb down from your high horse. Accept that you don’t know, dismantle your success templates & unlearn.

23/08/2020

Done with mulching

Trying to get the little ones get used to what we do

06/08/2020

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Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Parliament has passed the National Coffee Bill, 2018 that provides for registration of coffee farmers by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The regi...

09/07/2020

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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee exports went up by 77,606 bags in May 2020 compared to what was exported in April an indicator that the cash crop trade is thriving through the pandemic. In May, Ugandans exported 437,579 bags, up from the 359,973 bags exported in April 2020. These figur...

26/06/2020

Coffee exports in May 2020 amounted to 437,597 60-kilo bagsworth US$ 42.48 million. This comprised340,830 bags of Robusta worth $29.54 million and 96,767 bagsof Arabica worth $12.94 million.

Thiswas an increase of 26.55% and 28.73% in quantity and value respectively from the same month last year.

By comparing quantity of coffee exported by type in the same month of last Coffee Year (May 2019 ), Robusta increased bothin quantity and value (35.81% and of 32.35%) respectively.

Similarly, Arabica exports also registered a percentage increase in both quantity and value (2.04% and 21.16%) respectively.The increase in exports has been attributed to the increasedproduction on account of fruition of the newly planted coffee,and favourable weather.

Coffee exports are projected to be 400,000 in June. The effect ofCOVID-19 on coffee production is yet to be quantified as lockdown is relaxed and trucks are able to travel to the rural areas to procure coffee.

Europeremains the main destination for Uganda’s coffees with a 66.8% imports share.

Italy maintained the highest market share with 31.18% compared with 25.51% lastmonth. It was followed by Sudan 18.16% (15.06%), Germany11.06% (17.55%) and India 10.80% (10.53%).

Coffee exports to Africa amounted to 86,854 bags, a market share of 19.85%compared to 77,747 bags (16.28%) the previous month.

Africancountries included Sudan, Morocco and South Sudan.
You can find the full report here;

14/06/2020

When you reach a level where you can have two bunches per plant....