Factors Influencing Coffee Production by Small Scale Farmers in Busulani Subcounty and Budadiri Town Council in Sironko District

TABLE OFCONTENTS

Contents

DECLARATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS iv

LIST OF TABLES viii

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.0 Background to the Study 1

1.1 Statement to the Problem 10

1.2 Purpose of the Study 11

1.3 Specific Objectives 11

1.4 Research Questions 11

1.5 Significance of the Study 12

1.6 Scope of the Study 12

1.6.1 Content Scope 12

1 .6.2Geographical Scope 12

1.6.3Time Scope 12

1.7 Basic Assumptions of the Study 13

1.8 Definitions of Significant Terms 13

1.9 Organization of the study 14

CHAPTER TWO 15

LITERATURE REVIEW 15

2.0 Intr~duction 15

2.1 Overview of Coffee Production in Uganda 15

2.2 The concept of cooperatives 16

2.3 Literature Review on Independent Factors of the Study 17

2.3.1 Social factors affecting small scale coffee production 17

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2.3.2 Adoption of production techniques .19

2.3.3 Cooperative Governance 21

2.3.4 Coffee value addition 23

2.4 Thebretical Framework 24

2.5 Conceptual Framework of the Study 25

2.6 Conceptual framework 26

2.7 Related Literature Review on production of Coffee 27

CHAPTER THREE 29

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 29

3.0 Introduction 29

3.1 Research Design .~ 29

3.2 Target Population 29

3.3 Sample size and sampling procedure 30

3.4 Data Collection Methods 30

3.5 Validity of Instruments 30

3.6 Reliability of the Instruments 31

3.6.1 Pilot testing 31

3.7 Data Collection Procedures 31

3.8 Data Analysis Techniques 32

3.9 Ethical Considerations 32

3.9.1 Operational definition of variables 33

CHAPTER FOUR 37

DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION 37

4.0 Introduction 37

4.1 Questionnaire Return Rate 37

4.2 Social Composition of the Respondent 37

4.3.4 Adoption of Improved Cultivars 42

4~3.5 Inorganic Fertilizer Adoption Rate 42

Application of fertilizer to coffee trees 42

4.3.6 Inorganic Fertilizer Usage 43

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4.4 Influence of Cooperative Society Management on Coffee yield 43

4.4.1 Satisfaction of Farmers with Governance of Coffee Cooperative Cocieties 44

4.5 Input Utilization Rate 48

4.5.1 Domestic coff~e consumption., 49

CHAPTER FIVE 50

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND 50

RECOMMENDATIONS 50

5.1 Introduction 50

5.2 Discussion 50

5.2.1 Influence of Social Factors 50

5.2.2 Influence of Agricultural Technique Adoption 51

5.2.3 Influence of Cooperative Society Management 51

5.2.4 Influence of Coffee Value Addition 52

5.3 Conclusions 52

5.4 Recommendations 52

5.6 Suggestions for Further Research 53

References ~4.

AP1~ENDICES 57

APPENDIX 1: TRANSMITfAL LETFER FOR RESPONDENTS 57

APPENDIX 2: HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SMALL SCALE COFFEE FARMERS 58

APPENDIX 3: COOPERATIVE SOCIETY MANAGEMENT STAFF QUESTIONAIRE 62

APPENDIX 4: INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR COFFEE STAKEHOLDERS 64

ABSTRACT Coffee is an important crop globally due its contribution of National GDP, tax generation food security and inequality reduction role. The purpose of study was to assess factors influencing small scale coffee production in Budadiri Town Council and Busulani Sub county in Sironko District. The objectives of the study were to assess the influence of: social factors, adoption of coffee production techniques, coffee Cooperative Societies management, and coffee value addition on small scale coffee production . Primary data was collected using both open and closed ended questionnaires from small scale farmers and interview schedules for Coffee Cooperative Society’s Management and key stakeholders. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social sciences version IBM 20. The target population was 600 small scale farmers in Budadiri Town Council and Busulani Sub county in Sironko District from which a sample size of 108 small scale farmers, 2 members of coffee Cooperative Society Management which comprised of and 4 key stakeholders. Male dominated enterprise with 82.4% male ownership against 17.6% women. Age of majority of farmers (50%) ~ranged between 30 to 45years. Majority, (78.7%) of coffee farmers were married people. There was a very low correlation between level of education and yield of coffee by small scale farmers 37.84% of respondent attributed low yield to techniques production techniques adopted. The study further established that 63 .04% of the respondents did not attribute production techniques adopted to be a cause of low coffee yields, According to the study pests and diseases (93.5%) attributed much to the low coffee yields by small scale farmers. The study established that there was consumption of 57.6% of coffee by the coffee farmers .Those who did not consume coffee attributed it to coffee not being available and not affording it. Some claimed they prefer other beverages. The study also established there was low adoption of irrigation by 5.6% and Mechanization adoption was 6.5%. The study revealed that education level of the farmers was not correlated with productivity of coffee per tree. Farmers were less satisfied with roles of cooperative society management farmers in this area of study.