CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS
This chapter attempts to present, analyze and interpret the
various research findings in order to relate it with the study objectives. The
research dealt with coffee cropsin socioeconomic development. To raise the
information, the researcher used questionnaires, interviews and observation as
tools of data collection from the farmers as well as the staff of Karenge
Sector and KOPAKAKA cooperative.
4.1Field of study
description
4.1.1 Presentation of
Rwamagana district
According to monograph of Rwamagana,around 80%Ramagana's
populationpractices agriculture and thiscontributes in the economy of the
District. In this District, farmers are classified into two categories: the
first composed of the people who practices agriculture only;include, those who
combine agriculture with other activities such as traders and civilians
servants.Coffee is a main industrial culture comparatively to the others
cultivated in Rwamagana District.It is less cultivated in
Kigabirosector,Mwurire sector, Munyaga sector. Whereas in the others Sectors
such as Karenge,Nzige,Muyumbu and Nyakaliro; the coffee plantation covers a
great area.
4.1.2 Presentation of Karenge sector
According to Monographic of Karenge Sector(2007), Karenge
sector has63.19km, 7 cells and 36 villages compound it with 19682
people.Karenge sector is located in south of Rwamagana district toward the
EASTof Kigali city.Karenge sector presents the following borders:Insouth there
is Mugesera and Rukumberi sector of Ngoma district;inNorth thereis Nzigesector;
In EAST there is Rubona sector In West there isNyakaliro and Juru sectors.
A. Socio-economic situation of Karenge
sector
Around 90% of the population of Karenge Sector practice
agriculture and this one play a great importance in the economy of Karenge
sector.Inthis sector there is two categories of farmers: Farmers whopractice
agriculture only and farmers who mix agriculture with others works.In Karenge
sector the land starts to loose its productive capacity because of more
exploitationsand effects of erosion.The agriculture in this area is dominated
by provisional culture and industrial culture.
- Provisional culture:according to the
economic development and occupation of superficies the culture follow the
following order: banana tree 45%Market gardener 15%; cereal 5%.
- Industrial culture:Karenge sector is the
best productive of coffee in the areas of Rwamaganadistrict,now days there is
1265000 productive coffee trees and 85000 non productive coffee trees ;both
cover 540ha;in this sector,they expect to plant coffee on 280ha in 2012;in this
sector one plant of coffee produces 9kg of crops per year,there is also three
washing stations which are Nyamatete coffee center,kopakabi and Rwacof
-Karenge.The other industrial cultures such as macadamia,moringa,and vanilla
are not more expended.(from documentation of Karenge sector)
B. Vision of karenge sector
According to Monographic of Karenge sector(2007) the
development of Karenge sector is based on the agriculture and breedthus this
sector has target for achieving the great agricultural output particularly for
culture of coffee, banana tree, pineapple and tomatoes. In the domain of stock
farming,Karenge sector has target for increasing quality and quantity of
livestock, with objective ofstrengthening the artificial insemination system
for cows and promoting the project «one cow,one family». The
objective of developmentof millennium and vision 2020 is to allow to Karenge
sector to overcome the state of under development and poverty for the economic
development.These are expressed by the socio indicators. Karenge sector has set
the following objectives:
- To reduce poverty at 50%.
- To strengththe primaryeducation.
- To strength the fight against HIV, malaria and others
epidemics.
- To reduce the children mortality rate to two over three and
maternal mortality to three overfour.
- To maintainenvironment protection for long life
development.
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