LOS ANGELES coffee growers in Kisoro are counting their fortunes following plans by a leading organic coffee company and other investors in California to further invest in the area. The group is expected in Uganda this week, writes Vision Reporter. The project involves linking up coffee, tourism and education in one combined package designed to give visitors leisure, pleasure and exposure in one of the world’s top eco-tourism un-disturbed get-away holiday spots.
This will add to the already established organic coffee growing which has given the farmers leverage over other coffee growers. The Kisoro farmers currently fetch over $5 (about sh10,000) a kilo from less than $1 previously.
Urth Caffe, with over $4m in annual sales, imports premier organic coffee from Kisoro region’s Muhabura volcanic ranges.
This relationship, was established after a Californai-based company, CofCon International, a marketing and distributing company through Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) held talks with Urth Caffe on the possibility of buying Ugandan organic coffee.
Cofcon is owned by two US-based Ugandans.
“Kisoro coffee is one of the best in the world,” said Shalom Berkman, Urth Caffe’s boss.
Henry Nagibirano, the UCDA managing director, said they are working closely with the Kisoro farmers on quality.
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