Surge in Coffee Production Gives Uganda a Boost
Uganda Projects Nearly a 15% Increase in Coffee Output This Crop Year
The Republic of Uganda expects its coffee production in the 2025/26 crop year to reach around 9.3 million 60-kg bags, up from approximately 8.1 million bags in the previous year.
This projected rise of about 14.8 % is being attributed to expanded planting, maturing trees coming into production and favourable global coffee prices.
Uganda is Africa’s leading exporter of the robusta variety and in the 12 months to August the country earned about US$2.2 billion from exports—a 57 % increase on the prior period.
To hit this target, the government and farmers have benefited from free seedlings distribution and subsidised fertiliser to help boost yields.
Implications:
The jump in output provides a welcome boost for rural incomes, where coffee remains a key cash crop.
The revenue increase can help support Uganda in its broader development goals—especially in sectors like infrastructure, education and health.
However, managing the increased output and maintaining quality amidst expansion will be a challenge: price volatility, pests, weather risks remain.
The drive also aligns with Uganda’s broader ambition of agricultural transformation—leveraging cash-crops in a competitive global market.
For Uganda’s agricultural sector, this surge in coffee production is a positive sign of both scale-up and opportunity. For readers of The Urban Gazette, it underlines how global commodity trends, national policy and local farmers converge. Tracking how this extra output translates into farmer incomes, export linkages and rural livelihoods will be key.
