Chemusto, shows UCDA officials the effect of the leaf rust disease (Photo: Courtesy of The New Vision) By Ronald Kalyango Reuters via The New Vision October 10, 2010 COFFEE farmers in Bugisu sub-region, affected by the leaf rust and coffee berry diseases have asked the Government to save them. “If the Government does not intervene now, we shall not export any crop next year. This is our top income-earner,” said Wilson Chemusto, a farmer in Kapchorwa district. Chemusto was on Friday briefing officials from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority, led by Henry Ngabirano, the managing director, during a field tour of the affected gardens in the district. “We are looking for solutions to save the country’s coffee sector,” said Ngabirano. Leaf rust, which farmers said broke out in June, has spread throughout Mbale, Sironko, Bududa, Kapchorwa, Bulambuli, Kwen and Manafwa districts. It mainly affects coffee leaves, turning them into pale-yellow on the surface and orange beneat...