Impact of coffee production on economic welfare of small scale farmers in Zesui sub-county, Sironko district

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out assess the impact of coffee production on the economic welfare of small scale farmers in Zesui sub-county, Sironko district. 50 respondents were randomly selected from two perishes. The objectives of this study were to assess the income levels of small scale coffee growers after sale of coffee and determine the effect of coffee production on education status of coffee farmers’ children in in Zesui sub-county, Sironko district. Primary data was used for analysis and the researcher used descriptive statistics 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 improve on their general welfare. Correlation results indicated that coffee growing had positive correlation with income earned. 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 improve on their general welfare.