Robusta Coffee Agronomy

Learning Objectives

The main objective and understanding this module, is to guide all stakeholders in the Coffee Value Chain the recommended Good Agronomic Practices (GAP) 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
Robusta Coffee Introduction
7 mins
2
Coffee Establishment
10 mins
3
Soil & Water Conservation
5 mins
4
Stumping Of Coffee
2 mins
5
Fertility Management
2 mins
6
Irrigation
2 mins
7
Insurance
2 mins
8
Access To Credit
2 mins
9
Pests & Disease Management
3 mins
10
Harvesting Of Coffee
2 mins
11
Post Harvest Handling Of Coffee
6 mins
12
Coffee Sorting & Coffee Grading
5 mins
13
Coffee Value Addition
2 mins
14
Coffee Marketing
2 mins
15
Coffee Certification
2 mins

Assesment

1
Robusta Quiz
8 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: 393 students
Duration: 2 hours
Lectures: 15
Video: 1 hour
Level: Beginner