Uganda, March 28 -- Government has reported an 18 percent annual growth in exports of agricultural commodities, from $2.085 billion (Shs8.1 trillion) in the 2021/2022 financial year to $2.453 billion (Shs9.5 trillion) in the 2022/2023 financial year.

Leading among the commodities were coffee, dairy products, fish and its products, maize and cocoa beans as the top five contributors. This information is contained in the agro-industrialisation programme annual performance report for the 2022/2023 financial year, which was released by the Agriculture ministry in Kampala yesterday.

The report indicates that as a result of the above increase, "the share of agricultural exports to total exports" also increased "from 33 percent in the 2021/2022...