Ugandan Coffee Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Despite losing global market share over the last 20 years, Uganda remains a major coffee producer, accounting for approximately 2.5 percent of global coffee production. In 2008-2009, coffee exports accounted for almost a quarter of Uganda's formal export earnings and were estimated to generate income and employment for up to 1.3 million Ugandan households. As such, the coffee industry is extremely important to both the rural population and the Ugandan economy. However, the sector exhibits significant levels of production volatility, caused in part by unmanaged risks. Despite the occurrence of numerous risks, the sector has always managed to produce significant, albeit variable, volumes of coffee for export, but the historic resilience of the sector does not automatically imply that the industry will avoid longer-term decline if it fails to proactively manage potential risks going forward. The government of Uganda and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has already implemented a number of initiatives and programs to mitigate some of the above-mentioned risks. However, many of the existing initiatives need to be strengthened, and some new activities added, to ensure insofar as possible the comprehensive management of all key risks facing the coffee supply chain. An in-depth evaluation of individual solutions was beyond the scope of this exercise; an exhaustive listing of potential risk management solutions, and an assessment of the cost-benefit ratio of different risk management options, needs to be undertaken by the government of Uganda and UCDA.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-06
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, ADVERSE IMPACT, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL PLANNING, AGRICULTURE, AGROFORESTRY, ALTERNATIVE CROPS, AVERAGE PRICE, BANANAS, BANK LENDING, BEANS, CHERRIES, CLARITY, COCOA, COFFEE, COFFEE CRISIS, COFFEE EXPORTS, COFFEE FARMERS, COFFEE GROWERS, COFFEE INDUSTRY, COFFEE MARKET, COFFEE MARKETS, COFFEE PRICE, COFFEE PRICES, COFFEE PRODUCER, COFFEE PRODUCERS, COFFEE PRODUCTION, COFFEE SECTOR, COFFEE TRADE, COFFEE TREE, COFFEE TREES, COFFEE YIELDS, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANK, COMMODITY, COMPETITIVENESS, COOPERATIVES, COTTON, CROP, CROP INSURANCE, CROP PRODUCTION, CURRENCY, CURRENCY APPRECIATION, DATES, DERIVATIVE MARKETS, DOMESTIC PRICES, DUTCH DISEASE, ECOLOGICAL ZONE, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RATE RISK, EXPENDITURE, EXPORT CHANNEL, EXPORT COMMODITIES, EXPORT COMMODITY, EXPORT EARNINGS, EXPORT INCOME, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT REVENUE, EXPORT REVENUES, EXPORT VOLUMES, EXPORTER, EXPORTERS, EXPOSURE, FAIR, FAIR TRADE, FAO, FARM, FARM MANAGEMENT, FARMER, FARMER INCOMES, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMS, FERTILIZERS, FINANCIAL IMPACT, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FISHERIES, FLOWERS, FOOD CROPS, FORECASTS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK, GLOBAL MARKET, GOLD, HARVESTING, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME GENERATION, INTERCROPPING, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL PRICE, INTERNATIONAL PRICES, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, KEY RISK, KEY RISKS, LABOUR, LIBERALIZATION, MAIZE, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET POSITION, MARKET PRICES, MARKET RISKS, MARKET SHARE, MARKET STRUCTURE, MARKETING, MARKETING BOARD, MIDDLEMEN, MONETARY POLICY, MONOPOLY, NATURAL RESOURCE, PALM OIL, PALM OIL PRODUCTION, PLANTAINS, POVERTY LEVELS, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE RISK, PRICE VOLATILITY, PRINCIPAL EXPORT, PRODUCE, PRODUCER ORGANIZATION, PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS, PRODUCER PRICES, PRODUCTION DISRUPTIONS, PRODUCTION INCREASES, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, PURCHASING, QUALITY COFFEE, REPLANTING, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK TRANSFER, SALE, SALES, SHADE TREES, SMALL FARMERS, SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, SOCIAL BENEFITS, SOIL FERTILITY, SPREAD, SUGAR, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAINS, SUSTAINABLE COFFEE, SUSTAINABLE COFFEE PRODUCTION, TEA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOBACCO, TOTAL EXPORT, TOTAL EXPORTS, TOTAL SALES, TRADE FAIRS, TURNOVER, UNCERTAINTY, VALUATION, WAREHOUSE, WEALTH, WILT, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, YIELDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/206011468108855294/Ugandan-coffee-supply-chain-risk-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27386
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