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

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

SIRONKO, Uganda (AP) — 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.SIRONKO, Uganda (AP) — 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." ..