4.1.3 Presentation of
cooperative KOPAKAKA
KOPAKAKA cooperative has been created in 2005.It comprises 62
members only;withan objectiveof improving the economic capacity the members
(farmers of coffee of Karengesector) and to improve the quantity and the
quality of coffee crops. Nowadays, it is comprises 1020 members ; All of these
members sell their coffee crops in the washing station called
RWACOF-KarengeThese members of cooperative benefit great advantages from it
;such as:
- Training coffee farmers (members of cooperative).
- To receive new plants of coffee with target of improving the
number of coffee trees.
- The coffee farmers receive the funding through their
cooperative such as: chemical fertilizers, insecticide products.
- The funding for education of their children.
- The coffee farmers are helped by the cooperative in the
payment of health insurance. (From documentation of cooperative KOPAKAKA).
In conclusion,this cooperative plays great importance in the
development of its members and then in the development of the area (Karenge
sector); in payment of taxes, in contribution to building of the schools, to
entertain roads and others.
4.2 Identification of
respondents
4.2.1 Identification of
respondents by profession
Table 4: Representations of
respondents by profession
The following table shows the repartition of members by
profession
|
Profession
|
Effective
|
Percentage
|
|
farmers
|
72
|
70%
|
|
teachers
|
17
|
17%
|
|
Agents of cooperative
|
13
|
13%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
Source:primary data
The coffee farmers of cooperative are subdivided in to two
categories: the farmers who practices agriculture only and the others who mix
agriculture with the others professions. Here in cooperative we have 72 farmers
who practice agriculture only or 70% and 30 farmers who mix agriculture with
the others professions such as teaching, the teachers are 17 or 17% and
services in the cooperative are 13 or 13%.
4.2.2 Identification of
respondents by sex
The following table represents the repartition of members by
sex.
Table 5: Representations
of members by sex
|
sex
|
effective
|
percentage
|
|
female
|
34
|
33%
|
|
male
|
68
|
67%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
Source: primary data
According to the above table, thenumbers of respondents are
102 combined with female and male where female are 34 or 33% and male are 68 or
67%.
4.2.3 Identification of
respondents by age
The following table represents the repartition of respondents
by age
Table 6: Distribution of
farmers by age
|
Age
|
Effective
|
Percentage
|
|
30-40
|
34
|
33%
|
|
40-50
|
25
|
24%
|
|
50-60
|
30
|
30%
|
|
60-70
|
13
|
13%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
| 
