Uganda to Roll Out Coffee Traceability System as Treasury Targets Export-Led Agriculture
Uganda is launching a coffee traceability system as part of a national strategy to boost export-led agricultural growth. The government aims to improve quality and productivity to increase foreign exchange earnings, with a focus on commercializing the economy.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a significant shift toward digital transformation and export-oriented economic policy in an emerging African market.
Uganda will roll out a coffee traceability system and step up investment in irrigation, fertiliser use and extension services as part of a broader push to shift agriculture towards export-driven production, a senior finance ministry official said on Monday. Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi said government is prioritising measures aimed at boosting foreign exchange earnings by improving the quality, tracking and productivity of key agricultural commodities. “Here on coffee we are actually doing an online export system. We are developing and we are having an online export system under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries so that all our coffee is traceable,” Ggoobi said.
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