The meeting was addressing or creating awareness to the coffee farmer about the European Union Deforestation regulation (EUDR) where farmers are required to demonstrate that the provenance of raw materials are deforestation free.
“…With Farmer groups, comes unity and strength against fraudulent middlemen. We will help establish and train groups of coffee growers’ best practices in this business and provide market for your coffee in this area.” This and more were revealed by JKCC to farmers
JKCC has advised Coffee farmers in Buikwe District to consider adding value to their coffee for good quality as they improve their standards of living.
JKCC has challenged Luwule farmers to form groups that will enable them share ideas and ease the process of acquiring skills in good agricultural practices. This would enable farmers improve coffee quality, quantity and collectively fight the pests and diseases.