Coffee, tea and tobacco are important cash crops that grow well in areas of the Green Belt with abundant rainfall, moderate cool temperature and good soil drainage.
- Coffee and tea were introduced to the region in the 1970s and developed at smallholder farmers’ level.
- Two pilot projects where establish at that time, one in Upper Talanga in Eastern Equatoria State and the other in Iwatoka, Yei County, Central Equatoria State.
- Other potential areas include the areas within the Green Belt in Acholiland.