Arabica Coffee Agronomy

Learning Objectives

To guide all stakeholders in the Coffee Value Chain about the recommended Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) to be able to realize economic benefits that shall transform into improved incomes along the entire value chain.

Learning Agenda

  • Coffee is Uganda’s top-earning export crop, with Arabica Coffee export contribution to 20% and Robusta coffee contributing to 80% of coffee exported.
  • The development of this training module is geared towards supporting stakeholders in subsector especially the frontline service providers in knowledge transfer and adoption to enable farmers practice recommended initiatives that focus on boosting coffee production.
  • With a target of 20 million bags of coffee exported annually by 2030 , the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has put in measures to achieve this target, and one is being knowledge dissemination especially to farmers at the household level.

Starting Course

1
Arabica coffee introduction
10 mins
2
Coffee certification
7 mins
3
Soil, water conservation
7 mins
4
Stumping of coffee
7 mins
5
Fertility Management
7 mins
6
Irrigation
7 mins
7
Insurance
7 mins
8
Access to credit (Agriculture finance)
7 mins
9
Pest and disease management
7 mins
10
Harvesting
7 mins
11
Post harvest handling (PHH)
7 mins
12
Coffee sorting and grading
7 mins
13
Coffee value addition
7 mins
14
Marketing
7 mins

Practical Skills

1
Demonstration 1
5 mins
2
Demonstration 2
8 mins
3
Demonstration 3
5 mins
4
Demonstration 4
2 mins
5
Demonstration 5
3 mins
6
Demonstration 6
4 mins
7
Demonstration 7
7 mins
8
Demonstration 8
4 mins
9
Demonstration 9
3 mins
10
Demonstration 10
3 mins

Assesment

1
Arabica Quiz
5 questions

Spend less than 10 minutes answering these questions about you have understood from the lesson and you will immediately see your overall score.

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Enrolled: 325 students
Duration: 2 hours
Lectures: 24
Video: 2 hours
Level: Beginner