NEWS | Industry Updates Slow Food Uganda Coffee Festival returns
The theme at the 4th Slow Food Uganda Coffee Festival, being held on May 12, is unlocking community barriers for a coffee value chain. Slow Food Uganda believes that
agroforestry in coffee production is the key to achieving sustainability in the coffee industry and ensuring sustainable livelihoods for small-scale farming communities. Today in Uganda there are over 1.7 million family-run coffee plantations, employing more than 6.8 million Ugandans. The collapse of large-scale estates has made coffee growing a predominantly smallholder crop across the country and growing coffee is the leading source of economic livelihood for the country’s rural population. Slow Food Uganda, in collaboration with the Slow Food Coffee Coalition and local partners, recognizes both the pecuniary and intrinsic value of coffee and the role of smallholder coffee producers in sustaining the sector in the country. The event raises awareness around the topic, involving roasters, producers, traders, civil society organisations and
the wider public, including international representatives from Malawi. Highlights include educational
workshops, conferences on the future of the coffee agroforestry sector in Uganda and Malawi, a Coffee House, B2B lounge and activities for families and children to discover the fascinating world of coffee. “Coffee agroforestry in Uganda is an
important part of the country’s economy and culture. Through the Coffee Coalition program, Slow Food has created a participatory global platform with grassroots coffee farming communities and different partners along the coffee value chain to protect and promote ecologically-produced Ugandan coffee,” comments Edie Mukiibi, President of Slow Food “Integrating native trees and food crops
on coffee farms is important because it provides another income source for many towards food security and preserving the natural environment for future generations of farmers and wildlife alike. “The Coffee Festival is part of our campaign to promote the production,
trade and consumption of ecologically- produced Ugandan coffee and to educate the nation about the value of protecting the its coffee biodiversity.”
The Slow Food Coffee Coalition Since 2021, the Slow Food Coffee Coalition has been working to improve the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers and pioneer a good, clean and fair coffee value chain by improving the quality of coffee production and promoting local coffee varieties. “With this event we would like to establish a sustainable network of coffee communities countrywide, one that is committed to the agroforestry system of coffee production, through the establishment of a Participatory Guarantee System model based on the native coffee varieties of Uganda and Malawi,” comments Emanuele Dughera, Slow Food Coffee Coalition coordinator. The Slow Food Uganda Coffee Festival is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as part of the project Addressing market constraints and capacity coffee agroforestry value-chains in Uganda and Malawi, and by private partners such as Lavazza and De Longhi.
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