Coffee Nursery Farmers in Uganda Petition Government Over Unpurchased Seedlings

Ugandan coffee nursery farmers demonstrated and petitioned the parliament of Uganda to direct the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allow coffee nursery farmers to supply seedlings to planters for later payments. The concerned nursery farmers disclosed that coffee seedlings estimated to be worth USD 18.6 million have overgrown and are going to waste if no immediate intervention is made by the Ugandan government. Coffee farmers have also expressed concerns over the delay in the supply of seedlings as the August/September planting season is nearing its end.