The objectives of the Authority are:-
a. To promote good practices in all activities in the coffee value chain;
b. To regulate on-farm and off-farm activities in the coffee value chain;
c. To promote research along the coffee value chain processes and products related to coffee;
d. To promote value addition to coffee including primary processing and establishing soluble coffee plants;
e. To promote access to easy and cheap credit for coffee value chain actors;
f. To promote and monitor the marketing of coffee in order to optimise foreign exchange earnings and payments to farmers;
g. To control the quality of coffee at all stages of the value chain in order to ensure that all coffee meets the standards prescribed by the Authority;
h. To monitor the international price of coffee in order to disseminate the indicative price at which coffee may be traded;
i. To conduct market research for the development of the coffee sub-sector;
j. To promote industries related to coffee;
k. To develop and promote coffee-specific extension services;
l. To coordinate with key stakeholders to organise farmers in the coffee sub-sector;
m. To promote the production and marketing of final products of coffee;
n. To promote domestic consumption of coffee; and
o. To promote coffee tourism in Uganda.