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Coffee in Uganda has been the main crop for export in the country for most of its modern life and in fact, contributes around 30% to the total national overseas foreign exchange. 

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Coffee production relies almost exclusively on the labour of smallholder farms and collectives owned and operated by Ugandan villagers and tribespeople. It is estimated by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), the governmental body for coffee’s agricultural production and export, that the coffee industry employs some 500,000 smallholder farms, providing jobs to over 3.5 million Ugandan families. 

Uganda is the 7th largest producer of coffee in the world, exporting some 4.5 million bags of coffee every year and accounting for around 3.5% of the global coffee market.