Impact of coffee growing on economic welfare and development in bushenyi district
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2019-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out the contribution of coffee growing on household’s
economic welfare and development, a case study of Bushenyi district Local Government. The
objectives of the study were to assess the contribution of coffee growing to the Health status of
the people in Bushenyi District, to find out whether coffee growing has contributed to the
education level and to establish whether coffee growing has improved on people’s employment
and income in Bushenyi District. The study used both primary and secondary data in its analysis
and the researcher used descriptive modes of analysis using mainly quantitative methods of data
collection to capture data. Data was collected using research questionnaires where the researcher
was asking the questions on the questionnaire and noting down the respondents’ answers.
The findings revealed that the growing of coffee has enabled the farmers to improve their
standards of living since they earn money from the sale of coffee that has enabled farmers to pay
school fees for their children in institutions of higher learning. The production of coffee has
created employment opportunities to the people in the district especially the youth who are
working on the small scale coffee factories in the area and because of this coffee has become the
sole source of income to many people in this area.
The researcher recommended that the Government should increase on the budget allocation on
agriculture since most of the rural people depend on agriculture as their sole economic activity.
This will improve on the economic welfare and development of rural people, Government
through the Ministry of Trade should look for international market for Uganda’s coffee as this
will improve on the prices of Uganda’s coffee and the incomes of the rural people which will
give farmers ability to pay school fees for their children.
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A research report submitted to the college of humanities and
Social sciences under the department of development, peace and conflict studies in partial fulfillment of
the award of the degree of bachelors in Development Studies of Kampala International University
Keywords
coffee growing, economic welfare, Bushenyi district.