4.3.9 Contribution of
coffee in education
The ninth question had a target of getting out the involvement
of coffee in the education of farmer's children.
Table15: The role of coffee in education domain
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Kind of involvement of coffee in education
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Effective of farmers
|
percentage
|
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To receive findings from cooperative
|
102
|
100%
|
|
To receive school materials
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Nothing at all
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Total
|
102
|
100%
|
Source: primary data
According to Dirk
Van.Damme.(http://www.oecd.org/fr/sites/educeri/38446921.pdf)
«L'enseignement est la clé du progrès économique,
environnemental et social.» Education is on the base of development, the
coffee farmers of cooperative are interested ineducation of their children then
they receive either the findings or school materials from cooperative to
support them in that important activity.
102 farmers or 100% of members of cooperative receive the
findings from KOPAKAKA cooperative. Therefore all members of cooperative
receive any amount of money as credit to pay without interest for payment of
school fees or school materials thus coffee crops play a great support to
education of the children of KOPAKAKA members.
4.4 Summary of the
finding
The findings revealed that coffee crops contribute positively
to socio condition improvement, to the improvement of the farmer's economic
development and to national income.
The findings revealed that coffee crops, in comparisonwith the
other export products such as tea and minerals, it performed better according
to the quantity exported and the international price. Thus coffee crops
contributesto the increasing of national income; otherwise, in the domain of
improving quality of coffee crops,there were creation of washing station which
contribute more in entrepreneurship and those one contribute to the national
income because when they earn by providing taxes to the country .
The findings revealed that coffee crops contributes in socio
condition improvement, it rises the rate of entrepreneurship by investing in
cultivation of coffee, building coffee washing station, by commercialization of
coffee crops thus it contributes in reduction of unemployment; it also
contributesto the life condition such as the improvement of time that farmers
take food per day.91%of the coffee farmers take food three time per day. Coffee
crops contribute in health insurance of farmers where 83%of farmers have mutual
health. The findings revealed that coffee crops contribute in the improvement
of farmer's economy. It helpsbuild and rehabilitation of the duelling house
where 54% of coffee farmers built their house and 46% of the coffee farmers
rehabilitate their duelling house. It helps in the achievement of
infrastructure field where 63% of coffee farmers have water and electricity, 9%
have electricity and 8% have water in their houses. It helps investing in
activity where 91% of coffee farmers invest in the activities related to modern
agriculture .it contributes to the increasing of saving rate where 46%of coffee
farmers save over 400,000 Rwandan francs; 37% of coffee farmers save between
200,000 and 400,000 Rwandan francs and 13% of coffee farmers save between
100,000 and 200,000 Rwandan franc . Coffee crops contributes toeducation, where
100% of coffee farmers receive the findings from cooperative of coffee farmers
.therefore coffee crops play a great importance to the improvement of the socio
conditions ,to coffee farmers `economic development and then to national
income.
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