TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
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DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS v
LIST OF FIGURES ix
LIST OF TABLES X
ABSTRACT xi
CHAPTER ONE I
INTRODUCTION 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 4
1.3 Purpose of the study 5
1.4 Objectives of the study 5
1.4.1 General objective 6
1.4.2 Specific objectives 6
1.5 Research questions 6
1.6 Research hypothesis 6
1.7 Scope of the study 7
1.7.1 Content scope 7
1.7.2 Geographical scope 7
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1.7.3 Time scope~7
1.8 Significance of the Study 7
1.9 Limitations to the study 8
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW 9
2.0 Introduction 9
2.1 Theoretical review 9
2.2 Contribution of coffee growing on households’ health 12
2.3 The contribution of coffee growing on education level in Bushenyi District 13
2.4 The impact of coffee growing on the farmers’ employment and income 15
CHAPTER THREE 17
METHODOLOGY 17
3. 0 Introduction 17
3.1 Research Design 17
3.2 Data type and source 17
3.4 Sample size and selection 18
3.5 Data collection methods and instruments 19
3.6 Quality control of instrument and data collection 20
3.7 Procedure of data collection 20
3.8 Data analysis and presentation 20
3.9 Validity and reliability of research instrument 21
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CHAPTER FOUR .22
PRESENTATION, INTEPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS 22
4.0 Introduction 22
4.1 Presentation of the findings 22
4.1.1 Age of the respondent 22
4.1.2 Level of education of the respondents 23
4.1. 3 Gender of the respondents 24
4.1.4 The respondents’ level of income 24
4.1.5 The respondents’ marital status 25
4.2 The contribution of coffee growing to the Health status of the people 26
4.3 The contribution of coffee growing to the level of education of people 27
4.4 The contribution of coffee growing on people’s employment and income in Bushenyi 30
CHAPTER FIVE 32
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
STUDY 32
5.0 Introduction 32
5.1 Summary of major Findings 32
5.2 Conclusion 33
5.4 Area for Further Research 34
REFERENCES 35
APPENDICES 38
QUESTIONNAIRE (For Farmers) 39
QUESTIONNAIRE (For Leaders) 43
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.
