Written by Elias Biryabarema | From Reuters UK

Uganda, Africa’s biggest coffee exporter, wants to develop a coffee bean that is resistant to drought to help mitigate the impact of climate change on its crop, the state-run industry regulator said on Tuesday.

The east African nation expects to export 3.50 million 60-kg bags in the 2013/14 (Oct-Sept) coffee season, a fraction below the previous year’s 3.58 million bags and has cited low rainfall as one reason for the lower yield.

“We have to have (coffee) varieties that are adaptable to climate change,” Henry Ngabirano, managing director of the state-run Uganda coffee development authority (UCDA), told Reuters.

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