Source:primary data
4.3Socio- economic
contribution of coffee
According to the income earned from coffee crops, I
investigated how farmers satisfy their needs. I asked the question to the
farmers with a target of how many productive coffee trees owned by farmers.
4.3.1The number of
productive coffee trees per farmers
The first question had a target ofgetting out the number of
productive coffee trees that hold respondents .Thequestion was to know how many
productive coffee trees each respondent has?
Table 7: Coffee trees that
hold farmers
|
Number of coffee trees
|
effectives
|
percentage
|
|
Less than 200
|
4
|
4%
|
|
200-400
|
8
|
8%
|
|
400-600
|
17
|
17%
|
|
600-800
|
30
|
29%
|
|
Over 800
|
43
|
42%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
Source:primary data
According to Asiimwe H.M(2006)» Production refers to the
process of converting inputs in to out puts, the out puts can be goods or
services.» Based on the above citation, the productive coffee tree of
KOPAKAKA cooperative produces the primary production. The coffee crops needed
directly in the washing station which is their market.Each member of KOPAKAKA
earns from the productive coffee trees that he has. According to the above
table, which represent number of coffee trees that hold coffee farmers, a great
part of members have the number of coffee tree which is over 800 there are 43
or 42%; 30members have between 600-800 coffee trees or 29%. 17 members have
between 200-400 coffee trees or 8% and 4 members have less than 200 coffee
trees or 4%.
4.3.2The income of farmers
before and after becoming coffee farmers
The second question had a target of getting out the income
that holds farmers before and after becoming coffee farmers.
Table 8: Comparison of
income before and after becoming coffee farmers
|
Level of income
|
Effective of farmers before becoming coffee farmers
|
Effective of farmers after becoming coffee
farmers
|
|
Effective
|
percentage
|
Effective
|
percentage
|
|
Less than 200,000
|
26
|
25%
|
0
|
0%
|
|
200,000-400,000
|
55
|
54%
|
17
|
17%
|
|
400,000-600,000
|
17
|
17%
|
25
|
25%
|
|
600,000-800,000
|
0
|
0%
|
26
|
25%
|
|
Over 800,000
|
4
|
4%
|
34
|
33%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
102
|
100%
|
Source: primary data
Basing on the above table the farmers of KOPAKAKA cooperative
have increased their income in comparison to what they earned before. After
becoming coffee farmers, 34 farmers or 33% gain over 800,000 per year whereas
before becoming coffee farmers 4 farmers only or 4% gained over 800,000 per
year. 26 farmers or 25% earn between 600,000-800,000 after becoming coffee
farmers whereas before they were 17 farmers or 17% who earned such amount of
money. 17 farmers or 17%earn between 200,000-400,000 after becoming coffee
farmers whereas before they were 55 farmers or 54% who gained such amount of
money. Zero or zero per cent earn less than 200,000 whereas before they were 26
members or 25% who gained less than 200,000 Rwandan francs per year. Therefore
coffee plays a great role in the augmentation of income of coffee farmers.
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