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Coffee has been Uganda's most important cash crop since the 1980s. [1] In 2013, coffee exports totalled US$425.4 million. [5]: page 235 a female farmer from Uganda. Majority of Ugandan people rely on farming as their source of income in some cities woman own farms in order to provide for their families. [6]
Emma Naluyima (born circa 1980) is a Ugandan veterinarian, urban farmer, businesswoman, elementary school educator and animal & crop farming instructor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is calculated that she earns approximately US$100,000 annually from her farm situated on 1.0 acre (0.40 ha), in Bwerenga, Wakiso District , Uganda.
In 2014, she won the Best Farmers competition sponsored by Vision Group, the Netherlands Embassy in Uganda, KLM Airlines and DFCU Bank. [4] The prize included a chance to exhibit at the Source of the Nile Agriculture Show [ 4 ] and to attend agricultural exhibitions in the Netherlands . [ 5 ]
A female coffee farmer at a field training school. Coffee is Uganda's top-earning export crop. [1] In 1989 Uganda's coffee production capacity exceeded its quota of 2.3 million bags, but export volumes were still diminished by economic and security problems, and large amounts of coffee beans were still being smuggled out of Uganda for sale in neighbouring countries.
Kakira Sugar Works is the largest manufacturer of sugar in Uganda, producing an estimated 165,000 metric tonnes of sugar annually, accounting for about 47 percent of the national output in 2011. [5] [6] Kinyara Sugar Works in Masindi District is Uganda's second-largest sugar manufacturer, accounting for about 31% of annual national output.
The per capita income in Uganda in 1999 was approximately US$650 annually. [1] In 2013, an estimated 19.5 percent of the 35 million Ugandans lived on less than US$1.00 per day. [1] [2] Compiled here is a list of individuals in Uganda whose accumulated assets are known to be markedly
The government of Uganda, with the assistance of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and in partnership with the Teso Tropical Fruit Growers Cooperative Union (TETFGCU), decided to establish a fruit processing factory in Soroti District to take advantage of the abundant citrus crop in the Teso sub-region and its high yield per tree.
Uganda produced in 2018: 3.9 million tons of sugarcane; 3.8 million tons of plantain (4th largest producer in the world, losing only to Congo, Ghana and Cameroon); 2.9 million tons of maize; 2.6 million tons of cassava; 1.5 million tons of sweet potato (7th largest producer in the world); 1.0 million tons of bean; 1.0 million tons of vegetable;