Kigezi Coffee Development Academy
08/19/22 • 33 min
The coffee industry is booming in Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa. Farmers in Uganda are turning to a dynamic cash crop that is gaining attention worldwide. You can call it "black gold."
Joshua Rukundo is executive director of Kigezi Coffee Development Academy. He organizes coffee farmers in Southwest Uganda to help increase production and quality of Ugandan coffee.
In our conversation he tells us how Ugandan coffee has become a crop with national strategic importance.
Music composed by Dale Enstrom
East Africa NGO is sponsored by TeaminFaith.org
Music by Dale Enstrom
The coffee industry is booming in Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa. Farmers in Uganda are turning to a dynamic cash crop that is gaining attention worldwide. You can call it "black gold."
Joshua Rukundo is executive director of Kigezi Coffee Development Academy. He organizes coffee farmers in Southwest Uganda to help increase production and quality of Ugandan coffee.
In our conversation he tells us how Ugandan coffee has become a crop with national strategic importance.
Music composed by Dale Enstrom
East Africa NGO is sponsored by TeaminFaith.org
Music by Dale Enstrom
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