Quality or volume? An economic evaluation of coffee development strategies for Uganda

Simon Bolwig and Liangzhi You

Development in Practice, 2007, vol. 17, issue 3, 433-438

Abstract: The article identifies challenges and opportunities for the Ugandan robusta coffee industry in the context of the global coffee crisis. It presents a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of development strategies through which Uganda might promote its largest export commodity. It is suggested that Uganda would benefit from moderately increasing robusta production, while a further decline in output could undermine its current price premium in the market. There may also be important benefits associated with increasing the value of Ugandan robusta through improvements in quality.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/09614520701337285

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