Crop growing and economic welfare :
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2019-05
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
This study explored the effect of crop growing on the economic welfare a case study of Katikamu sub county Luwero district.. The objectives of the study were; to establish the level of economic welfare, to determine the level of crop growing and to establish the relationship between crop growing and economic welfare in Katikamu sub county Luwero district. In this study, a stratified random sampling technique was used and a self-administered questionnaire was adopted during data collection. The sample size of the study was established using Yamane’s formula (1967) and it took 80 respondents where 18 were female and 62 were male farmers. Data was analyzed using the SPSS statistical package. The research found out that crop growing showed an improvement in economic welfare of the farmers but the statement of the hypothesis in the study was accepted thus there is no significant relationship between crop growing and economic welfare shown by the significance value (0.580) which is greater than the level of significance (0.05) thus accepting the Null hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between crop growing and economic welfare. This means that economic welfare among the people of Katikamu sub county is not only caused by crop growing only but also other factors like
employments, businesses, formal sector among others could have been instrumental in promoting economic welfare in Katikamu sub county Luwero district. The researcher recommends that farmers should participate in commercial agriculture, animal rearing and poultry, participating in other economic activities such as retailing and female farmers should engage themselves in crop growing to reduce gender inequality in the agriculture sector.
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Research report submitted to the college of economics and management in the department of economics and applied statistics in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Bachelors Degree of Arts in Economics of Kampala International University
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Crop growing, Economic welfare, Katikamu Sub-County, Luwero District