Restructuring Uganda’s Coffee Industry: Why Going Back to the Basics Matters

After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing the share of specialty coffees. This paper concludes that such advice has been largely inconsistent with the stylized facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting program are the two key issues on which policymakers and the donor community should focus their activities and allocate their resources.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Baffes, John
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-10
Subjects:	ADVERTISING, AGRICULTURE, AUCTION, AUCTIONS, BEANS, BRANDS, COCOA, COFFEE, COFFEE BOARD, COFFEE EXPORTS, COFFEE GROWERS, COFFEE INDUSTRY, COFFEE MARKET, COFFEE PLANTS, COFFEE PRICE, COFFEE PRICES, COFFEE PROCESSORS, COFFEE PRODUCERS, COFFEE PRODUCTION, COFFEE SECTOR, COFFEE TREES, COMMODITY, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, COOPERATIVES, COTTON, CROP, CROPS, CULTIVAR, CULTIVATION, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DONOR AGENCIES, EAST EUROPE, EXHIBITIONS, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT MARKET, FAIR, FAIR TRADE, FARM, FARMERS, GARDENS, GDP, GERMPLASM, GINNERIES, GREEN BEANS, GROWTH RATE, HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, LABOR FORCE, MARKET CONCENTRATION, MARKET REFORMS, MARKETING, MARKETING BOARD, MERCHANDISE, MERCHANDISE EXPORTS, MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLEMEN, MONOPOLY, NURSERIES, ORGANIC COFFEE, PRICE SETTING, PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, PRODUCT QUALITY, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REPLANTING, RETAIL, SALES, SEEDLING PRODUCTION, SEEDLINGS, SEEDS, SPECIALTY COFFEE, SPREAD, SUBSTITUTES, SUPPLIER, SUPPLY CHAIN, TAXATION, TEA, TRADEMARKS, VALUE ADDED, WILT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7095537/restructuring-ugandas-coffee-industry-going-back-basics-matters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9272
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