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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rodney Muhumuza

In coffee-producing Uganda, an emerging 'sisterhood' wants more women involved

Uganda Coffee Sisterhood - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda, and the strategy for expanding it was simple: Pay a higher price per kilogram when a female grower took the beans to a collection point.

It worked. More and more men who typically made the deliveries allowed their wives to go instead.

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