TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
i
DEDICATION
ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
iii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
v
LIST OF TABLES
viii
LIST OF FIGURE AND CHARTS
ix
ABSTRACT
x
CHAPTER ONE
1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1
1.1 Background of the study
1
1.2 Problem statement
2
1.3 Research question
4
1.4 Research Hypothesis
4
1.5 Research Objectives
4
1.6 Conceptual frame work
5
1.6.1 Independent variables
5
1.6.2 Dependent variables
5
1.7 Significance of the study
7
1.8 Scope of study
7
CHAPTER TWO
8
LITERATURE REVIEW
8
2.1 Definition and concepts
8
2.1.1 Coffee
8
2.1.2 Social
9
2.1.3 Economy
10
2.1.4 Socio-economics
10
2.1.5 Economic development
10
2.1.6 Cooperatives
11
2.2. Coffee over the world
11
2.2.1 Etymology of coffee
11
2.2.2 Cultivation of coffee
12
2.2.3 World Production
13
2.2.4. Roasting of green coffee
13
2.2.5 Storage of coffee
14
2.2.6. Commercialization of coffee
14
2.2.7. Faire trade coffee
15
2.2.8 Impact of coffee over the world
17
2.3 Coffee in Rwanda
18
2.3.1 Production
18
2.3.2 Evolution of coffee's quality in Rwanda
20
2.3.3 Prices of coffee of Rwanda
22
2.3.4 Marketing of coffee in Rwanda
23
2.3.5 Transport of coffee crops in Rwanda
25
2.3.4 Impact of coffee in economy of Rwanda
26
2.3.4.1 Contribution of coffee to
entrepreneurship
26
2.3.4.2 Contribution of coffee to reduction of
unemployment
27
2.3.4.3 Contribution of coffee to national
incomes
28
CHAPTER THREE
30
METHODOLOGY
30
3.1 Methods and techniques of the research
30
3.2 Area of the study
30
3.3 Research design
30
3.4 Population
30
3.5 Sample size
30
3.6 Source of data
31
3.6.1 Primary data
31
3.6.2 Secondary data
31
3.7 Data collection instruments
32
3.7.1 Questionnaire
32
3.7.2 Interviews
32
3.7.3 Observation
32
3.8 Data processing procedures
33
3.8.1 Editing
33
3.8.2 Coding
33
3.8.3 Tabulation
33
3.9 Limitations of the study
33
CHAPTER FOUR
34
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF
FINDINGS
34
4.1Field of study description
34
4.1.1 Presentation of Rwamagana district
34
4.1.3 Presentation of cooperative KOPAKAKA
36
4.2 Identification of respondents
37
4.2.1 Identification of respondents by
profession
37
4.2.2 Identification of respondents by sex
37
4.2.3 Identification of respondents by age
38
Source: primary data
38
4.3 Socio- economic contribution of coffee
38
4.3.1 The number of productive coffee trees per
farmers
38
4.3.2 The income of farmers before and after
becoming coffee farmers
39
4.3.3 The meal taken by farmers before and after
becoming coffee farmers
40
4.3.4 The health insurance that have farmers before
and after becoming coffee farmers.
41
4.3.5 Contribution of coffee in field of
housing
42
4.3.6 Contribution of coffee to field of
infrastructure
43
4.3.7 Contribution of coffee to investing
activities
44
4.3.8 Contribution of coffee to saving
45
4.3.9 Contribution of coffee in education
47
4.4 Summary of the finding
47
CHAPTER FIVE
49
CONCLUSION, SUGGESTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
49
5.1 General conclusion
49
5.2 Recommendations
50
5.3 Suggestions for the further research
50
BIBLIOGRAPHY
51
APPENDICES
54
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