High Coffee Prices Bolster Africa’s Biggest Exporter’s Earnings

Uganda’s coffee earnings have more than doubled in the past 12 months as a national drive for more production caught a rising price wave.

For a decade, Uganda has been in a push to quadruple output to 20 million 60-kilogram (132-pound) sacks of the bean. Authorities handed out seedlings and directed resources toward soil-fertility management, rehabilitating trees and training farmers to meet the goal.