In Uganda’s hills and plains, where coffee has long been the lifeline of families and entire communities, a quiet storm is brewing – one tearing through livelihoods and threatening the country’s revenue streams.
For many years, coffee has been Uganda’s pride, sustaining the hopes of 1.8 million farming households. In good seasons, farmers saw the fruits of their labour fetch millions of shillings, rewarding their rugged hands and efforts, and earning the country over $2.08 billion from overseas markets, according to last year’s records.
